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Summary: Boogie Review
Review: Beyond The Burning Time is an exciting book on the lives of two women trying to escape the madness of Salem in the late 1600's. When Anne Puttman, a young girl, claimed to be possessed, chaos spread through the town of Salem, as innocent people were killed and arrested for witchcraft. Mary didn't really know at first if the first people accused were innocent. As time went on Mary grew suspicious of Anne but found out that people were accused that couldn't possibly be witches. When Mary's mother was accused of witchcraft, Mary and her brother Caleb make an attempt to rescue her.
This novel is original and unique from most books that I have read because of the history and fiction that brings the book together. My opinion of the book was changed and was even better when I learned similar things happened in the past. I recommend this book for all ages able to read the book. They would learn of the tragedies and adventures of Salem that really showed how evil and greedy the world can be.
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Summary: Beyond the Burning Time
Review: Beyond the Burning time takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, where the witch trials are occurring. The story is told through the eyes of Mary Chase, a fifteen year-old-girl. The leaders of Salem are accusing townsfolk of witchcraft, a crime punishable by death. Mary's mother, Virginia Chase is accused. Mary and her brother, Caleb must find a way to rescue their mother from prison before she is executed. Can they do it? Is there enough time.
This is an interesting and well-written book, although mass numbers of characters and frequent event changes were sometimes hard to follow. The book accurately recreates the Salem Witch trials. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially those interested in the time period. The setting was intriguing; it made for a good read.
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Summary: Very good historical fiction
Review: Beyond the Burning Time was a gripping account of the Salem witch trials told through the eyes of a 12 year old girl named Mary Chase and her family. Mary is caught in the turmoil of the Salem witch trials when her mother, Virginia Chase, is cried out as a witch. Now, with the help of her brother Caleb, she must save her mother from the evil of the village. Will they succeed? A great historical fiction that shows the inner turmoil of the village and the innocent victims in a greater light. I liked this book because it showed how much the victims of the Salem witch trials suffered and also showed how far the girls of the community would go to cry out on people as witches. However, there wasn't really that must character development, and you couldn't connect with Mary Chase, the protagonist as much.
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Summary: Beyond the Burning Time
Review: Beyond the Burning Time was a spellbinding novel about the Salem Witch Trials. It was an incredibly realistic and it's a real page-turner. This exciting book tells you what it was like back then. It seems as if you were really there. It was a story about a girl, her brother, and how they try to save their mother after she is accused of witchcraft. She told them to move to Boston before they become accused also, but they choose to come back and attempt to save her. This is an intriguing book, and if you like historical fiction that is extremely exciting, you will love this book.
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Summary: A good try but it could be better
Review: Beyond the Burning Time was a terrific attempt at creating a story. The way that Kathryn Lasky described events, people, and places was terrific but the problem was, that she described the wrong things most of the time, such as describing the environment of the afflicted girls but not their faces or body. Something else bothered me, and that was the way the main character, Mary, is so distanced from the problem. Mary is found mostly hearing about the problem rather then seeing it, so the mysterious feel is dampened. This novel has some strange qualities. It isn't such a good mystery novel as it appears to be. Harry Potter was a much better mystery. The difference in Harry Potter was that he was involved in the problems and not just hearing about them. I would only recommend this if someone wanted to have a good example of this time in history (although not all of the history is correct). This would have been a much better book if it had focused more on the mystery. However, it was very well written.
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Summary: Which Witch
Review: Beyond The Burning Time was a very interesting book with a mix of a lot of things in it. I enjoyed this book because of the mix and variety which included some mystery, some history, and some suspense. For example, the two main characters, Mary and Caleb had to figure out if the aflicted girls' fits were real or not, and at the same time try and save their mother from death. The educational and historical part came in where the book listed how the women who were thought to be witches were killed, and when and where they where killed.
The novel Beyond The Burning Time was different from other books I have read because it was part fiction, part non-fiction. I usually don't like non-fiction books because they bore me. I prefer to read sci-fi mystery stories such as Dune, but this was an excellent book.
I would definately recomend this book to other people. Beyond The Burning Time is a fast paced book that will educate you about the Salem witch hunts, and entertain you throughout the whole book.
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Summary: Beyond the Burning Time by: Kathryn Lasky
Review: Beyond The Burning Time, by Kathryn Lasky, is a breathtaking historical fiction novel about the Salem Witch Trials. The main character's name is Mary, who is a teenager growing up in Salem, Massachusetts, witnessing innocent people being accused of witchcraft. When her own mother is accused, Mary is crushed and angry. She and her older brother Caleb decide that they have to save their mother and put the false accusations to a stop. But how will they do it? I would recommend everybody pick up this book and pick up this book to see what happens.
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Summary: My Review
Review: Beyond the Burning Time
By: Lasky, Kathryn
Reviewed By: R. Gandhi
Period: P.1
It starts out in the village of Salem. Mary Chase and her widowed mother, Virginia Chase, tend a farm with the help of a friend named Gilly. Gilly is soon chased away because he was caught spying on Virginia Chase. Caleb is Mary's brother and works as an apprentice nearby at a shipyard. Soon rumor spreads around that witchcraft is going on in Salem. Innocent people are wrongly accused, taken away for a dehumanization exam, given a trial, and later hung. Mary Chases' family isn't affected until Virginia was accused. Caleb is frightened and takes Mary to Boston where Mary works in a tavern. However, Boston is where Gallows Hill is located. Also, the new governor wants to continue the witch trials. Therefore, Caleb and a new character, Captain Coatsworth chart a plan and save Virginia Chase before her hanging. Virginia gets her foot amputated and later marries a Captain in Jamaica.
This book was very intoxicating! Since I am deeply interested in the supernatural world, I thought the book was great! The author was also descriptive. I could see a movie of the book in my head as I was reading. One great example is, "The girl's tongue lolled out, long as an eel. Her eyes widened. She began making the most piteous cries." Another great example is, "...dusk had settled thickly on the land. They moved quietly through the deepening shadows to the lilac bush. Inside the house they could see the glow of several candles and kerosene lamps."
This book was not very dislikable. At times it got somewhat boring. However, you could read on without falling asleep. Also, directly after the tedious part came something that was quite interesting. One example is when Gilly came to his door and saw an underskirt that was blown to his door accidentally. This short part was a bit tedious. As the story goes on he spies on Virginia to see what her legs look like because he has never seen a woman's leg. This is how he was chased away.
My favorite part was when Abigail Williams becomes afflicted. The author becomes more descriptive. Abigail Williams is described to do many unusual things. One unusual thing is listed above when her tongue lolled out like an eel's. One of the most disrespectful things I thought she did was saying her father's name. It was disrespectful because if you were afflicted and you said someone's name, it was like accusing them of being a witch. Her father is a Reverend and was saying a sermon at the time.
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Summary: Beyond the Burning Time
Review: Beyond the Burning Time Beyond the Burning Time was a interesting book with a few scares. I both liked and disliked the book. The reasons that I liked the book were that I have always enjoyed reading about history. I also liked the book because it had shocks and surprises such as people no one would of ever thought were witches (Rebecca Nurse and Martha Cory) were accused and killed. Intenseness is also something I like in a book and in this book when Mary and Caleb are trying save there mother it shows that. The only reason I disliked the book was because knowing that it was a true story and that the events really occurred, it made the book a bit scary. Compared to other novels I have read Beyond the Burning Time was much more realistic because it was a true story. I haven't read many non-fiction novels so it was it was a change. Beyond the Burning Time was a very enjoyable and easy read. My overall impression of the novel was that it was very well wrote and anyone who has read it or does read it should like it. I would recommend this book to people who like reading about non-fiction and history. I really enjoyed reading the book Beyond the Burning Time and I recommend it to anyone who has some spare time.
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Summary: yummy-reading, that is.
Review: Haven taken an interest 1692 Salem, I will read anything and everything I can get my hands on that remotely has anything to do with it. My Reading teacher suggested that I read this book. It's truly an incredible book, being both interesting and at the same time historically accurate. Mary Chase, the main character, is likable, especially so at the end, when she becomes so determined to save her mother from the gallows that she held a knife to someone else's throat in order to find out where her mother was. If you're not used to authors that change perspectives, you might find this book a little confusing, but, also being a Mary Higgins Clark reader, it didn't bother me, personally. If you're familiar with "The Crucible" you should be able to find it interesting picking out the characters you're familiar with (oh yeah, the Mary Warren/Proctor thing-that's just funny). If my memory doesn't betray me, there's even part of Rev. Hale's spiel about his books ("Here are your wizards and witches that go by land, by sea, by air. You incubi and your succubi..."). Enjoy-you should.
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