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I finished The Heretic's Daughter byKathleen Kent. Great book. I am giving it four stars. This book follows the Carrier family through the Salem Witch trials. The main character is the daughter of Martha Carrier, who is an actual person who was hanged as a witch during the trials. It was very interesting to see the daughters perspective of the sequence of events. It gave an alternate look at the whole proceeding. The book showed more of the pettiness and cruelty that fostered the situation and a
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Nov 19, 2023
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This one has lingered on my shelf forever. When I finally decided to pick it up, I decided to try the audio copy from my library. I'm glad I made that decision. I don't think I would have gotten through this one in print. But the audio really drew me in from the beginning. I was absolutely hooked on this book. It's difficult to read in the second half, with the descriptions of the characters being imprisoned. It was raw and emotional. It was hard to stomach at times. And it made me realize that
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This was a pretty good book. It was definitely interesting to read about the Salem witch trials and heartbreaking to realize what they actually caused.
Had a quick skim of the first few chapters. checked out my friends' reviews on GR, and decided not to read.
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I thought the author did a good job of sticking with the point of view chosen by having the daughter be the narrator. Unfortunately, I thought this created one of the real weaknesses of the book - a number of questions I had, and which I thought were the really interesting questions, were never answered, because a child would not have known the information needed to answer them.
A glimpse into what it was likely like at the time of the witch trials.
Feb 05, 2009
Ruth Ferguson
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Sep 22, 2009
[ JT ]
marked it as recommended
Oct 11, 2009
Blue Eyed Vixen
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Christroybels
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Kristy
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Heather Adkins
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Sarah
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Apr 17, 2011
LeeEllen
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Heather (DeathByBook)
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Apr 12, 2012
Caren
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Nov 14, 2012
Kay Prime
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