Almost everyone really enjoyed the book, but a couple of us were not impressed with it. I just realized – I think everyone had finished it!
Some highlights:
- Feminist angle was a plus
- Was it history or fantasy? Which was more interesting? Fantasy part was either really stupid/boring, or an exciting part of the story, depending on who you ask
- Took some of us a while to get into it
- Made you want to research topic, visit Salem
- Hard to understand their belief of getting sick in relation to religion, with no concept of medicine or the scientific method
- It sure took Connie a long time to catch on to some things…
- Almost seemed like Connie & Liz were a couple
- Sam was not a very strong character, not very fleshed out
- Characters overall a little disappointing
- Did they really kick the women, not a stool out from underneath them?
- They also hanged men for witchcraft Continue reading
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