[Livro] Escape From Witchwood Hollow, de Jordan Elizabeth Mierek

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Título em Português: --
Série: --
Autor(a): Jordan Elizabeth Mierek
Editora: Curiosity Quills Press
Páginas: 178
Data de Publicação: 29 de Outubro de 2014

Sinopse:

Everyone in Arnn - a small farming town with more legends than residents - knows the story of Witchwood Hollow: if you venture into the whispering forest, the witch will trap your soul among the shadowed trees.

After losing her parents in a horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria and her older brother escape New York City to Arnn. In the lure of that perpetual darkness, Honoria finds hope, when she should be afraid.

Perhaps the witch can reunite her with her lost parents. Awakening the witch, however, brings more than salvation from mourning, for Honoria discovers a past of missing children and broken promises.

To save the citizens of Arnn from becoming the witch’s next victims, she must find the truth behind the woman’s madness.

How deep into Witchwood Hollow does Honoria dare venture?

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Opinião:
Escape from Witchwood Hollow foi-me enviado pela autora para que eu pudesse ler e escrever uma crítica honesta. E ainda bem, porque de outra forma não saberia da existência deste livro.

Este livro tem uma composição interessante, porque nós seguimos a estória de três raparigas diferentes de períodos diferentes no tempo (1600’s, 1800’s e 2000’s), e elas estão todas relacionadas. É um livro bem escrito e bem organizado, pois nunca nos perdemos no plot, mas eu senti que poderia ter sido melhor. No final do livro, este não me prendeu às suas palavras; eu não senti nada. E para ser honesta, gostaria de ter lido mais sobre a bruxa, de a conhecer melhor, porque eu acho que nunca a compreendemos verdadeiramente e não sabemos muitos sobre ela, excepto alguns detalhes.

Eu não gostei da Honoria. Bem, eu também não desgostei dela, simplesmente não consegui relacionar-me com ela. Eu não sei dizer o porquê, apenas não consegui; foi algo que senti, ou melhor, que não senti, para ser mais concreta. Nós temos várias personagens, mas eu acho que nenhuma delas é mais do que os pequenos pormenores que vamos lendo sobre elas. Não são profundas. E isso é basicamente o que eu senti com este livro. Eu terminei o livro no inicio do mês e pouco mais consigo escrever sobre ele, porque ele não agarrou.

Eu gostei de o ler, foi prazeroso e está bem escrito, mas não é um livro que fique connosco depois de o fecharmos.

Title: Escape From Witchwood Hollow
Serie: --
Author: Jordan Elizabeth Mierek
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 29th Octorber 2014

Synopsis:

Everyone in Arnn - a small farming town with more legends than residents - knows the story of Witchwood Hollow: if you venture into the whispering forest, the witch will trap your soul among the shadowed trees.

After losing her parents in a horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria and her older brother escape New York City to Arnn. In the lure of that perpetual darkness, Honoria finds hope, when she should be afraid.

Perhaps the witch can reunite her with her lost parents. Awakening the witch, however, brings more than salvation from mourning, for Honoria discovers a past of missing children and broken promises.

To save the citizens of Arnn from becoming the witch’s next victims, she must find the truth behind the woman’s madness.

How deep into Witchwood Hollow does Honoria dare venture?

~ We received this eARC directly from the author. Thank you! ~

Review:
Escape from Witchwood Hollow was sent to me not by the author, but by someone in her behalf so I would read it and write an honest review. And thank goodness, because otherwise I would not know the existence of this book.

This book has an interesting composition, because we follow the story of three different girls from different periods in time (1600’s, 1800’s and 2000’s), and they are all connected. It’s well written and well organized, we are never lost in the plot, but I felt it could be better. At the end of the book, it didn’t hook me to its words; I didn’t feel anything. And to be honest, I would love to read more about the witch, to know her better, because I think we never fully understand her and we don’t know much about her past and life story besides a few details.

I didn’t like Honoria. Well, I didn’t dislike her either, but I couldn’t connect to her. I can’t say why, but just didn’t; it was something that I felt, or didn’t feel to be more accurate. We have a bunch of characters, but I think none them is more than just a few details we read about them. They are not deep. And that’s pretty much what I felt about the book. I finished it at the beginning of the month and I can’t say much about it, because it didn’t stay with me.

I enjoyed it while reading, it was pleasant and well written, but it’s not a book that stays with us.