A Discovery of Witches

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catlet40, May 17, 2012 (view all comments by catlet40)
I thought this book was going to be boring and I was wrong. The characters draw you in and you become a part of the story. Diana and Matthew, as well as all the others in this book are believable. I enjoyed the story line, I enjoyed the comical moments in the middle of it all. I think anyone would enjoy this book. I can hardly wait for her next book.

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Juan, April 10, 2012 (view all comments by Juan)
I was captivated by the opening chapters and felt I was reading a smart and thought-provoking story about vampires, witches, demons, and their physical origins. By mid-way the heroine devolved into a weak character and became very 2-dimensional, as did the vampire, her suitor. Forgive me, but by the end of the story I felt I was reading a screenplay for a Julia Roberts and Clive Owen movie. I wouldn't recommend this book.

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Jena, February 29, 2012 (view all comments by Jena)
I was hooked by page 5, but less hooked by page 100. I like the premise of the book, but I think the plot and characters could have spent a little more time on the ironing board. Our heroine Diana Bishop starts off as a strong, smart woman, but devolves into an old-school damsel in distress who spends a lot of time fainting in the last half of the book (all the while declaring that she's not a damsel in distress). The dialogue is unsophisticated (at best) and sometimes even distractingly puerile. I have a lot of the same issues with Harkness's writing in A Discovery of Witches as I did with Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series--the idiosyncrasies of the writing weren't enough to keep me from reading it once, but it dampens my enjoyment and it's certainly enough to keep me from re-reading it. I really wish I'd known from the beginning that this wasn't a standalone book.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780143119685

Author:

Harkness, Deborah

Publisher:

Penguin Books

Author:

Harkness, Deborah E.

Subject:

Occult

Subject:

Horror - General

Copyright:

2011

Edition Description:

Mass Market

Publication Date:

20111231

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 12

Language:

English

Pages:

592

Dimensions:

8.44 x 5.54 x 1.32 in 1.05 lb

Age Level:

from 18