The Salem Witch Trials remains a fascinating topic, in part because there are always aspects of the panic left to explore. Howe chose to look at the after effects of the trials and hangings on children of the accused, through a modern historian seeking a previously unknown book by one of the hanged ...
I tried really hard to love this. It was recommended to me by a friend who was certain that I would, and given the themes I thought so too.I agree wholeheartedly with much that this review has to say about Connie being spectacularly dim for a doctoral candidate. The receipt/recipe, bottel/bottle, ...
I liked this book because I find the history of Salem & the witchhunts very fascinating. With few exceptions, most of the characters were bland and uninteresting & the plot was fairly predictable.
I did not particularly enjoy this book as much as I thought I was going to. The only parts that I did like were the flash backs to the past called "interludes" but other then that I found the modern story both long and tedious. The author spent to much time over describing every single scene. It was...
Katherine Howe's 2009 novel, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane follows Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin through the summer of 1991, unfortunately divided between research for her dissertation (with her adviser actively pushing her to find her primary source), and the great task of cleaning...
Here's the main problem with this book: The main character, someone who specializes in the time period the book is supposed to be from, doesn't know that "receipts" means "recipes". WTF? I mean, I am no historian, and I KNEW THAT. It takes her almost the entire book to figure this out, despite it be...
Interesting! I liked the new take on the Salem Witch trials. I felt a bit as though there was too big of a build up, and that the climax was rather quickly dealt with... The concern for the welfare of the characters does not last that long. I'd have liked to see a more indepth exploration of Connie'...
Loved this book. I have had it on my to read list for awhile and it has been a book group monthly read too. I have always found a reason not to read it until it was picked for me by a reading pal (Kara) Thank for recommending it.
Although this reads like a first novel (and like the work of someone who isn't used to writing fiction), I very much enjoyed this book. I have to qualify this review with a couple of explanations, though. There are some things about me that make this book well-suited to my particular tastes, and bec...
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