A Discovery of Witches

Posted on 10 June 2017 by Deborah Harkness

Deep in the stacks of Oxford s Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries and she is the only creature who can break its spell. New Download A Discovery of Witches Author Deborah Harkness For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Upon sighting this book in a soon to be closed Borders store, I was intrigued The blurb sounded interesting and the first couple of pages seemed competently written Despite the huge discount, I hesitated, and instead checked the book out from the library.And am I ever glad that I didn t actually buy it.The book started out promising Protagonist Diana Bishop, distinguished history scholar and professor just like the author uh oh , repressed witch, tea aficionado, rower and yoga enthusiast Upon sighting this book in a soon to be closed Borders store, I was intrigued The blurb sounded interesting and the first couple of pages seemed competently written Despite the huge discount, I hesitated, and instead checked the book out from the library.And am I ever glad that I didn t actually buy it.The book started out promising Protagonist Diana Bishop, distinguished history scholar and professor just like the author uh oh , repressed witch, tea aficionado, rower and yoga enthusiast, accidentally calls forth a magical text that every witch, vampire, and daemon in the world seems to want Unfortunately, Diana has a major chip on her shoulder about her own magic She sends the text back to the stacks where ...This is an odd book Now that I have finished reading it, I m not sure why I was so enad of it With so much discussion of spells and enchantment, I wouldn t be surprised if the book put a spell on me Despite overall enjoying the book, there are still lots of things about it that irritated me First, the author needed a better editor I am findingoften that books surrounded by a certain amount of hype are not well edited I don t know if the editors think that every word the author wr This is an odd book Now that I have finished reading it, I m not sure why I was so enad of it With so much discussion of spells and enchantment, I wouldn t be surprised if the book put a spell on me Despite overall enjoying the book, there are still lots of things about it that irritated me First, the author needed a better editor I am findingoften that books surrounded by a certain amount of hype are not well edited I don t know if the editors think that every word the author writes is gold or if editors are timid, but in either case they aren t doing their job Much of this book could have chopped out and the story tightened ... okay, so the good things I liked the world mythology etc, and was amused by the Anne Rice reference And I also liked the subtle pro gay marriage message It could have actually been a lot of fun except for the romance part, which went like this SPOILERS Diana I am exceptionally good at being a historian of science, and I even have a job at Yale I am also a witch, but I don t use my powers Much.Gosh this mysterious manuscript sure is mysterious Matthew I AM TALL I WENT THROUGH YOUR PAPE okay, so the good things I liked the world mythology etc, and was amused by the Anne Rice ...Sorry Bronze Horseman, A Discovery of Witches has taken the 2 spot for my favorite book 3This book kept me hanging on just enough to stop me from abandoning it I m not really sure who this book is aimed at it s a very pedestrian, traditional romance wrapped up in a nearly 600 page, painfully slow tale filled with history and science It s a bit like a Hallmark card wrapped up in an encyclopedia The history and science buffs will be turned off by the cheesy center, and the romance lovers will resent having to wade through pages of endless description and detail just to get to the This book kept me hanging on just enough to stop me from abandoning it I m not really sure who this book is aimed at it s a very pedestrian, traditional romance wrapped up in a nearly 600 page, painfully slow tale filled with history and science It s a bit like a Hallmark card wrapped up in an encyclopedia The history and science buffs will be turned off by the cheesy center, and the romance lovers will resent having to wade through pages of endless description and detail...THIS IS ACTUALLY ZERO stars, but it won t be listed if I put zero, so, just so you know ZERO.I thought this was going to be a really entertaining read, but I m giving up The main character makes no sense, whatsoever We re told that she isn t able to do magic and then she does magic Huh And then we have the vampire sneaking in her window and watching her sleep, fascinated by her sleeping Where have I read this before Let s see can anyone think of where they might have read this THIS IS ACTUALLY ZERO stars, but it won t be listed if I put zero, so, just so you know ZERO.I thought this was going to be a really entertaining read, but I m giving up The main character makes no sense, whatsoever We re told that she isn t able to do magic and then she does magic Huh And then we have the vampire sneaking in her window and watching her sleep, fascinated by her sleeping Where have I read this before Let s see can anyone think of where they might have read this Anyone I don t care that she glows when she sleeps I already know it s because it s linked to her ignoring her magic or because it s...It s quite difficult to gather my thoughts well enough to manage a review I don t know how or where to begin.I started this book 4 evenings ago, and all I really knew about it was that it was a Witches and Vampires book Fine, I ll give that a go As the pages wore on, however, I realized that I was barely making any headway on the % counter Upon checking, I then found that this book is almost 800 pages long, which isthan almost all of my fantasy DTB s Wow...For mere two bucks I rescued this book from a dusty shelf of a local Goodwill store, adopting it with high hopes For free, I returned it to the same shelf a few weeks later with dejected feeling, sandwiching it between a rejected copy of Twilight and a tattered paperback with a shirtless guy on the cover.At least it found its rightful spot And I m out only two dollars And I would have gladly paidto free my own bookshelf of this book.So it goes My books mercilessly rejected the intrude For mere two bucks I rescued this book from a dusty...2.5 starsHmmm At first, I really thought this was going to be at least a 4 star book It was interesting and full of detail Then suddenly, it wasn t Wasn t interesting, that is Oh, it was still full of detail, don t worry Details about how they appreciatively sniffed wine.Details about different kinds of tea.Details about the layouts of old buildings.Details about rugs and furniture.And just when I started to think I couldn t take it anyMORE WINE AND TEA Yes, yes I get it She likes 2.5 starsHmmm At first, I really thought this was going to be at least a 4 star book It was interesting and full of detail Then suddenly, it wasn t Wasn t interesting, that is Oh, it was still full of detail, don t worry Details about how they appreciatively sniffed wine.Details about different kinds of tea.Details about the layouts of old buildings.Details about rugs and furniture.And just when I started to think I couldn t take it anyMORE WINE AND TEA Yes, yes I get it She likes tea He likes wine After 400 pages I don t give a shit what it smelled like Enough already deep breath Toward the end, the story picked up a bit and started moving forward again But it was too little, too late Wait Let me rephrase that, it was too much, too late Suddenly there were huge info dumps, which would have been great had they been spaced out over the entire book Everything that should have been happening discovered talked about in the middle of the bookcause it was tea timewas crunched into th...HOLY FREAKING CRAP I just finished this book last night, and I was blown away by it This is easily going to be the best book that I will read this year, and is going in my top 10 list of best fiction books of all time Excellent fiction is not always easy to come by I don t mind mediocre reads from time to tim...

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10 June 2017

Deborah Harkness