I want to give it a higher rating, because parts of it are well-thought out (the details, some of the descriptions), the suffocating feel of a small village with narrow-minded folk. But the upcoming injustice and action against Cole was obvious from the beginning, and I just read with this sense of resigned dread. Lots of trudging through negativity, and I'm kind of tired of these "faux rebellious" heroines who don't do much in the end besides fling themselves at the gloomy-doomy Byronic romantic hero. It's a shame - I love stories inspired by old tales in settings like this one, but this one just didn't deliver. The resolution was a sham and I didn't feel satisfied at the end of it all. Love the tone and feel of the novel. This reads like a lush fairy tale or folk tale. It has that otherworldly quality in which the world might be Near and only Near. If there are other places, if there is in fact a sea beyond the moore, they are illusory. Distant, less real than the legends of a witch who is one with the moore.More than the story, it's the tone that really carries this book. There are a few places where you want to say "Really?" and yet, just a paragraph on, the lush atmosphere drags you back under.Well told, fun read.
What do You think about A Bruxa De Near (2013)?
i really liked this one. i read it a couple of years back and wow! i loooovvvvveeeeddd it. :)
—Lyco19
A book for a young-adult reader who enjoys tales of the super-natural and a little romance.
—rudamarzena
Started reading February 13thFinished February 16th
—dlkarn
