um. this was. not a great reading experience for me.

i don’t really know what i was expecting. but i was quite bored.

the analyses felt quite surface level, the commentary on each “witch trial” became repetitive, there were numerous times where random tangents occurred such as the process of churning butter. what are we doing here.

i didn’t really enjoy the first part, as it was almost the same commentary repeated six times but slightly different. the second part was quite interesting, but idk something about the way this was written almost made everything boring. 

the final part was the most interesting. hearing about modern day witchcraft in africa was incredibly fascinating yet horrifying. easily the best chapter. the final chapter talking about trump felt…… odd. the entire tone of the book changed for the final chapter and it felt completely random.

this wasn’t bad. obv it was insanely researched, and it was interesting getting to peak into the victim’s stories beyond “that’s a witch”. but this wasn’t a fun