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The Betrayal Of Maggie Blair (2011)

by Elizabeth Laird(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0547341261 (ISBN13: 9780547341262)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

review 1: While the book had an incredible setting and well thought out characters it lacked suspense and at times was slow to read. The back of the book advertises that the main plot is the arrest of Maggie's grandmother Elspeth for being a witch, this in fact is not what the book is actually about, the arrest of her grandmother creates the circumstances that lead up to the trials and tribulations that Maggie has to face. The cover art also does not accurately depict what the story is about, while it is pretty it could have been better on another novel. All in all while it is was not a story about a witch, it was a sweet coming of age novel mixed in with a religion/history lesson.
review 2: More historical novel than plot, the story of Maggie Blair interweaves the tu... moremult of the Covenant movement in Scotland during the reign of Charles II with the coming-of-age of a lost and imperfect girl. Maggie is hardly a heroine, no strong convictions or brave acts, instead simply trying to get by, as unnoticed as possible despite the situations she lands in. It is her motivations that make me divide her from typical heroism in these sorts of novels, but there is definitely a case to be made for her perseverance where many others would have faltered along the path, nary to rise again. Maggie falls often, but always gets back up, even if she has to be dragged, and perhaps there is a bit of heroism in that. less

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