The Witches of Vardø

Where to begin my thoughts on this book.

Its a mixture of historical and fiction but I do believe parts of this book is based on true events.

The historical parts was nailed. it felt very believable.

The characters. They were fleshed out and well written, but it was hard to read about their story. Women put against women in fear of being labeled a witch. The trials they went through. Especially the SA scene.

And the men in this book. Knowing this is how they most likely were in real life, abusive, threating to put the skull on women is horrifying and makes me so angry.

This book was hard for me to read because of the themes it covers, how angry it made me on behalf of the characters. it was beautifully written and a story everyone needs to read.

A bittersweet ending but worked for the story. I was so happy to what happened to certain characters.

A great story that had me thinking about women history and about how many were wrongly accused of being a witch and what happened to them.

A devastating read about the witch trials in Vardo (Northern Norway). I've read quite a few similar books but they never fail to anger and sadden me.