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Witch Catcher
by Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
by Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
Lauren Fidler's review
bookshelves: authority-problems, abusive-relationships, books-i-can-read-in-under-3-hours, childrens, convoluted-plot, dysfunctional-family-drama, father-knows-best, makes-me-wish-i-had-a-map, not-good-for-mothers-of-daughters, what-a-bunch-of-assholes, mommy-issues, my-stepmother-is-an-alien-or-witch, fairypants
Dec 29, 11
bookshelves: authority-problems, abusive-relationships, books-i-can-read-in-under-3-hours, childrens, convoluted-plot, dysfunctional-family-drama, father-knows-best, makes-me-wish-i-had-a-map, not-good-for-mothers-of-daughters, what-a-bunch-of-assholes, mommy-issues, my-stepmother-is-an-alien-or-witch, fairypants
Read in December, 2011
according to the book jacket, where i get 97% of my information, this is mary downing hahn's first "fantasy" novel.
right.
so all those other books about supernatural ghosts were ventures into realism.
sigh.
here be the story of jen, her rich great uncle thaddeus, a castle for a home, and a dad with no backbone.
the premise is pretty typical of these things: girl with no mom moves to new house, dad "falls in love" with evil lady after dad's treasures (literal, here, not figurative), girl unleashes fairy spirit who helps save them all from a fate that eerily resembles death.
it's fine, precious at times, infuriating at others. if you don't think too hard, you won't have any trouble digesting it, but it lacks the usual heart of hahn's work.
i don' t know; i'd stick to the ghosties.
right.
so all those other books about supernatural ghosts were ventures into realism.
sigh.
here be the story of jen, her rich great uncle thaddeus, a castle for a home, and a dad with no backbone.
the premise is pretty typical of these things: girl with no mom moves to new house, dad "falls in love" with evil lady after dad's treasures (literal, here, not figurative), girl unleashes fairy spirit who helps save them all from a fate that eerily resembles death.
it's fine, precious at times, infuriating at others. if you don't think too hard, you won't have any trouble digesting it, but it lacks the usual heart of hahn's work.
i don' t know; i'd stick to the ghosties.
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