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Bezig met laden... Speaks the Nightbird (origineel 2002; editie 2007)door Robert McCammon (Auteur)
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this book is in desperate need of editing. it is way too long. the first quarter of the book or so does not pertain to the plot of the book. It establishes the element of illness for a character, which could have been done in another way, in much less time. ( ) A rolicking good read. As usual the characters are what stand out in a McCammon novel, be it supernatural or otherwise. We've got witches, warlocks, imps, pirates, murderers, and savages but nary a whiff of the supernatural here. McCammon gives us a well plotted and suspenseful mystery on top of a good deal of moralization and pathos in the end, but it's all good fun for the 800 pages. The first few chapters of Speaks the Nightbird had me hooked. For the most part, the plot is interesting and kept me puzzled until the end; the characters were full of life and personality. Albeit, most of these people have a horrible personality. Where I got lost is the amount of superfluous descriptions about food, anachronisms, and repetitive language. (The witch must burn, she's beautiful but burn she must, the witch must swing, the witch will die.) Okay, yes, I hear ya. Speaks the Nightbird felt long, and I enjoy getting lost in large books, but this dragged throughout the middle/towards the end. It took me nearly 3 weeks to read (rare for me), I kept putting it aside for other worlds. At times, the plot felt complex solely for the sake of being complex. Events in the last half seemed contrived and implausible. I also felt some of the characters did not remain true to themselves for the sake of the plot. Some of the scenes throughout seemed McCammon had a depravity in mind that he wanted to include in the book and worked from there, forcing it into the plot. After finishing the book, there were a few scenes that I scratched my head at, wondering why they were included at all. THE RATS! OH MY GOD, THE RATS! Ewwwww. The descriptions of the rats were intense. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Matthew Corbett (1) PrijzenOnderscheidingen
Fantasy.
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HTML:Murder sparks witchcraft hysteria in this "thoughtful" and "entertaining" seventeenth-century historical mystery from a New York Timesâ??bestselling author (Stephen King). It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She's been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But Matthew Corbett, young clerk to the traveling magistrate summoned to Fount Royal to weigh the accusations, soon finds himself persuaded in favor of the beguiling young widow. Struck first by her beauty, Matthew believes Rachel to be too dignified, courageous, and intelligent for such obscene charges. The testimony against her is fanatical and unreliable. Clues to the crimes seem too convenient and contrived. A number of her accusers appear to gain by her execution. And, if Rachel is a witch, why hasn't she used her powers to fly away from the gaol on the wings of a nightbird? God and Satan are indeed at war. Something really is happening in the newly established settlementâ??of that Corbett is certain. As his investigation draws him into the darkness of a town gone mad, and deeper into its many secrets, Corbett realizes that time is running out for him, for Rachel, and for the hope that good could possibly win out over evil in Fount Royal. From the award-winning author of Boy's Life and Gone South, Speaks the Nightbird is an "absorbing historical mystery" (Publishers Weekly Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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