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Laura
Ok I made it to p 404 so I'm calling this read. At times I loved this book. It became obvious early on that the author is a man having a midlife crisis who clearly isn't getting his bedroom needs met. Sadly, I've seen this enough in books that wound up being salvageable that I'd decided to look past it, because the pages kept turning.

However, at some point, one has to draw a line. I'm very disappointed with this author's choice to include (view spoiler)
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Julie Griffin
Feb 28, 2017 rated it really liked it
I have been interested in the colonial history of the US lately after reading a few books and articles. I happened upon this book either free or cheap on kindle, and because I like mysteries as well as my current interest in colonial America, I decided to give it a try. A bonus is that the author is from my home state of Alabama. I have seen him connected with horror, so not sure what to expect when I downloaded this. The story concerns a witchcraft trial, but is not horror other than the kind h ...more
Pam
Aug 26, 2008 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Anna
Oct 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Aug 23, 2015 rated it liked it
Lindsay
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Pam
Jan 20, 2019 added it
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Claire Fun
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Chas
Apr 29, 2020 marked it as to-read
Jana
Oct 19, 2020 marked it as couldn-t-finish  ·  review of another edition
Mirja
Dec 31, 2023 marked it as to-read