Conversion | 
so-soBook 23🎧
Hmm… this one was just a bit lacking for me, and dragged on a bit - I felt like it could have been skimmed down.
When they were reviewing all of the girls “symptoms”, it was catching my interest but it just kind of fizzled out 🙁 Was of course hoping for more “spook” 🤷🏼♀️
However, due to this books repeated mention of “The Crucible”, I will be watching it next!
so-soA story alternating between modern day and the time of the Salem witch trails. The reader swaps from hearing from a key witness in the trials confessing to her pastor, and from a modern day teenager who attends a catholic girls school experiencing an odd epidemic. I found the audio book very intriguing, but the end left me wanting. Still a fun, Halloween read.
bailedI wanted this to be similar to My Best Friend's Exorcism so much. I ended up disappointing myself. The premise is promising, but I had a hard time connecting to any of the characters from the get-go. Also, the time-skips every other chapter wouldn't have bothered me, except the language used for the 1600s was out of place and too modernized. I guess I prefer historical accuracy.
I'm digging this audiobook so far! Perfect October read! But I've seen a lot of subpar reviews, so we shall see how it all turns out!
so-soI wanted to like this book more. I enjoyed how the author showed the parallels between the Salem Witch Trials and the modern day mystery illness plaguing a privileged all girls Catholic school. But the characters were dull, the dialogue fell flat a lot of the time, and I thought the ending was overly predictable.
But, I will say this, Howe does her research. I learned a lot of interesting facts in this book about illnesses. #24in48 #readathon
Mallomars and reading: part of a complete breakfast. #24in48 #readathon
I'm on a Halloween photo roll!
Also, Conversion is a great book.
How can I get any reading done when my cat has claimed my hand as a pillow? 😂😂😂
bailedI am so disappointed but I have to put this one down. Great idea, but the dialogue rang false - in the 1706 sections and 2012 sections.. None of the characters sounded real to me, and it was all exposition. Nothing subtle about this book, and it is way to long to already be annoyed. Too bad.
Started this today. I am so over the disgustingness of summer and ready for fall. Yay witches. 🎃
pickTeenage girls. A mysterious illness. A town scared for its children. Who or what is to blame?
I thought I knew the reason but then I doubted myself. But is the simplest answer the truth? Is history repeating itself or is there really magic in this world?
If you like The Crucible or The Witches by Stacy Schiff(I highly recommend this book), then give this book a try.
Close to being finished and it's getting more interesting. #crucible
Started listening to this yesterday. I'm glad I recently listened to The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff. I highly recommend Witches which basically gives you the real story about the witch trials and scare in Salem. Very interesting. I listened to it on a road trip and I tend to listen to nonfiction that way.
pickThis book fluctuates between the 1692 Salem witch hunt and a 2012 high school incident. It isn't about witches, it isn't scary in a traditional sense, and the pieces don't directly connect - which may leave some readers disappointed. However, Conversion's core is hysteria. How fast hysteria spreads, the loss of logic while succumbing to chaos, and the diffusion of responsibility to take action. To me, that is scary enough!
pickEnjoyed this more than I thought I would. It was fun and interesting. I may have to pick up some other books by the author as well.
pickA beautiful hybrid-of-genres thriller that keeps you guessing and ultimately a very telling and compelling story
This has been on my TBR shelf for too long. #currentlyreading #salem
