Victoria Williamson
Autor de You Are the Music: How Music Reveals What it Means to be Human
Obras de Victoria Williamson
Red Runs the Witch's Thread 1 copia
Hag Storm 1 copia
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Miembros
- 124
- Popularidad
- #161,165
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 22
- Idiomas
- 1
In 1697 Christian Shaw was 11 and she accused many people of being witches. Seven were condemned to death. In 1722, Christian is obsessed with creating the whitest thread ever seen. But her past keeps haunting her and it’s affecting her state of mind. Will her obsession drive her mad? Or is she already there?
I’ve read several books by Victoria Williamson and enjoyed them. This one is a bit of a miss for me. It’s definitely a dark book. And that’s fine. I don’t mind dark books. But the writing put me off. The constant repetition of certain words is irritating. It’s a different writing style and for this story it probably works for most people, but not me. Christian is a horrid person, but is she that way naturally or did a certain servant push her to that edge? Maybe a bit of both? In any case, she is definitely off her rocker. In modern times she could be given meds to help her mental illness, but back then she only has one person watching her back and trying to keep her in check. The ending is an interesting twist. Nicely done. If you like short stories involving dark characters mentally falling apart then this is the one for you.… (más)