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rillaliciousSo, yes. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pandora_nervosa, I've finished that first chapter if you want to take a look at it for me. It hasn't been beta read or anything yet.
Last night I finished "The Witch's Trinity" by Erika Mailman.butter_cup_ is encouraging me to write a review, and I struggle terribly with this sort of thing, but I'll give it a try.
What a fabulous read. It started a bit slowly, but had some wonderful attention to detail that drew me right in. As a pagan who spent several years very invested in pagan history and lore, the book intrigued me from the start because the plot is heavily driven by the Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch's Hammer, the book that was used during the witch trials, instructing users on how to find and torture a confession from a witch), and there's an incredible combination of fact, historical detail, and fiction. It's also a deep psychological study of an elderly woman facing senility in a small village that hasn't seen a harvest in two years. There was a point near the end where I thought the conclusion might lose me, but it all pulls together in a very satisfying, and not overly-optimistic, way.
Next on my list is Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman, then Open Me, by Sunshine O'Donnell, then I'm moving on to the suggestions of my flist. Thank you everyone who replied to that post!
pandora_nervosa, I've finished that first chapter if you want to take a look at it for me. It hasn't been beta read or anything yet. Last night I finished "The Witch's Trinity" by Erika Mailman.
butter_cup_ is encouraging me to write a review, and I struggle terribly with this sort of thing, but I'll give it a try.What a fabulous read. It started a bit slowly, but had some wonderful attention to detail that drew me right in. As a pagan who spent several years very invested in pagan history and lore, the book intrigued me from the start because the plot is heavily driven by the Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch's Hammer, the book that was used during the witch trials, instructing users on how to find and torture a confession from a witch), and there's an incredible combination of fact, historical detail, and fiction. It's also a deep psychological study of an elderly woman facing senility in a small village that hasn't seen a harvest in two years. There was a point near the end where I thought the conclusion might lose me, but it all pulls together in a very satisfying, and not overly-optimistic, way.
Next on my list is Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman, then Open Me, by Sunshine O'Donnell, then I'm moving on to the suggestions of my flist. Thank you everyone who replied to that post!
