Lisette A. (dancingwolfhound) - reviewed on 8/9/2010

Helpful Score: 1

Predictable plot and, in more than a few places, comically melodramatic ("flopping ankles," anyone?). I figured out the plot when Connie met Chilton at the Harvard Faculty Club. When Howe writes about history, it's very interesting, thus the one and a half stars. Unfortunately when she tries to tell a story, it's weak. Her sentences are not tight (and in some cases not structurally sound), which creates confusing meanings, her characters are two-dimensional or outright stock characters, and she has too many cliches, particularly with regards to character development. Also, her take on the Massachusetts accent quickly becomes annoying. I finished the book only for the bits of Salem witch history Howe offer.

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