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A review by kingfan30
The Heretic: A Novel of the Inquisition by Miguel Delibes
2.0
I've been hovering between two and three stars for this book, shame you can't do halves!!
On receiving this book, my first thoughts were 'Oh no this is going to be heavy going.' I was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually wasn't that bad. The history in this book is interesting, they way people lived, what they believed in, doctors methods of curing ills and deciding if a woman is able to conceive. I have to say I did find the topic quite boring at times too though and the translation was not the best with typos and some sentences that did just not make sense. The ending however, will stay with me for a while, the fact that prisoners were treated that is quite shocking, things have come along way since then.
On receiving this book, my first thoughts were 'Oh no this is going to be heavy going.' I was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually wasn't that bad. The history in this book is interesting, they way people lived, what they believed in, doctors methods of curing ills and deciding if a woman is able to conceive. I have to say I did find the topic quite boring at times too though and the translation was not the best with typos and some sentences that did just not make sense. The ending however, will stay with me for a while, the fact that prisoners were treated that is quite shocking, things have come along way since then.