Comments on: Kathleen Kent – The Heretic’s Daughter

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:29:41 +0000

Trish – I guess it’s hard to tell the story of what’s happening in the wider world from the perspective of someone who’s in jail? And the story would have felt incomplete without the broader social/historical context too. Oh well, I guess that’s why we have The Crucible.

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:25:30 +0000

I didn’t love this one either and was a little disappointed. The subject is definitely fascinating, but I agree that the history wasn’t woven as neatly into the story (or visa versa) as it could have been. The second half of the book seemed a little forced and heavy handed to me? Oh well! :)

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:52:22 +0000

icedtea – Heh, okay, okay, everybody can be the last person on earth to not have read this yet. :)

By: icedtea

icedtea — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:23:30 +0000

I haven’t read this yet either, like Michele so you’re only about the third last person to have read it, tops. :D

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:35:27 +0000

Corrine – I think I’m going to contradict what I said in my response to Ruth’s comment – I actually have had bad reviews “underset” my expectations for a movie, so I wound up enjoying it. (Of course, it works the other way, too.)

By: Corinne

Corinne — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:10:29 +0000

Yeah, I know what you mean about hype. I’m that way about movies too – sometimes my expectations for something are so high that even though it may be really great, I still find myself disappointed. I’m glad it wasn’t a total loss though :) Oh, and thanks for the link, friend :)

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:40:59 +0000

Carey – Thanks! And I’m always happy to share the bloggy love.

By: Carey

Carey — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:49:34 +0000

Fantastic review Fyrefly! And thanks for the link, too!

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:49:20 +0000

Serena – It’s worth moving up in the pile – it’s a quick, if not necessarily particularly light read.

bermudaonion – I remember seeing those links to Kathleen Kent’s interviews, but I didn’t want to listen to them before I’d read the book. I’ll have to go check them out now.

Michele – Heh, okay, second to last. The “other reviews” section was about four times as long as normal, though.

Shana – I remember seeing your review and appreciating the more balanced opinion! I guess overall I wound up thinking that while it was a very solid and well-done piece of historical fiction, it just didn’t bowl me over the way it seemed to do to others.

Ruth – I don’t know if I’ve ever had other reviews “under-set” my expectations, but that might be because if something’s getting widely panned, I’m pretty unlikely to pick it up. :)

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:56:54 +0000

Thanks for linking to my review. I really enjoyed this one — it’s definitely in my top 5 for the year — but I’m glad that I hadn’t read many reviews before I’d read it. It sets my expectations too high sometimes if all I see are glowing reviews. (The reverse is also true, if I see something that’s getting poor reviews, my expectations are often lowered to the point that it’s not hard to surpass them.)

By: Shana @ Literarily

Shana @ Literarily — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:33:50 +0000

Nicki, thanks for linking to my review. My feelings were pretty similar to yours. I really liked it but not QUITE as much as others did.

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:21:42 +0000

I haven’t read this one, so you were the 2nd to last person on earth who hadn’t read it. ;)

By: bermudaonion

bermudaonion — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:18:22 +0000

I’ve got this one to read. I listened to Kathleen Kent on Blog Talk Radio and she is fascinating. Thanks for the review.

By: serena

serena — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:47:37 +0000

great review…thanks…this is in my tbr pile