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A review by pbanditp
Daughters of the Oak by Becky Wright
4.0
Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, was a real person back in the 1640’s who was the judge and executioner that sent up to 230 people to their deaths in just a couple of years. The meat of this book is not nonfiction but it very well could be. This feels like such a large story for such a short book. Women are persecuted for such crimes as trying to cure a child’s fever. Guilt and execution are inevitable unless they give up the names of other witches.
However, the dead do not stay in the past. Angry spirits of some women come back in the modern time to drive out the living as paranormal investigators try to help the spirit crossover.
Becky Wright has left the names of the so called witches out, being respectful and knowing that the accusations are fabricated. While not having names did get a little confusing, it was honorable of her to do that. What these women went through was a disgusting display of masculine power that churned my insides while I read it. I really wanted to jump into the book and kick all of these guys in the round tables
However, the dead do not stay in the past. Angry spirits of some women come back in the modern time to drive out the living as paranormal investigators try to help the spirit crossover.
Becky Wright has left the names of the so called witches out, being respectful and knowing that the accusations are fabricated. While not having names did get a little confusing, it was honorable of her to do that. What these women went through was a disgusting display of masculine power that churned my insides while I read it. I really wanted to jump into the book and kick all of these guys in the round tables