The Timbers BookClub, read and reviewed “A Discovery of Witches” by historian Deborah Harkness. The book is the first of a trilogy that has been made into a TV series in the UK. This was her first work of fiction. It is also important to note that she is a well known wine writer.
Our book club followed what seemed to the trend on GoodReads. Readers seemed to completely love the book or totally hate it. It was interesting that our bookclub felt the same way.
For the members that did not like the book, some felt that the author spent a lot of time and verbiage on describing a lot of details about the wine and the food and it was suggested that the author needed a better editor. The members that did not like it also felt that the romance was too juvenile in nature, it was mentioned that the book was too long and it was not a preferred genre of another member.
Even for those that liked it, some felt that it was very slow going for the first half of the book. Those that liked the book did enjoy the love story and several members of our club plan to read the next book or have already started it. The historians in the club did really enjoy the book and the references to the events in history.
The average of everyone’s rating was 2.85.
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