- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD; 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed edition (28 April 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684826127
- ISBN-13: 978-0684826127
- Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 17.1 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,382,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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As Vermont faces its worst drought in memory, a cynical lawyer representing a ski resort that wants to draw water from a local river is challenged by a female shaman who can find water beneath the earth.
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Format:Paperback
After reading The Law of Similars and finding it reasonably enjoyable for light summertime reading, I ventured so far as to try Water Witches. Despite my usual voracious appetite for a pleasant read, getting through this novel was like taking medicine. I found Bohjalian's treatment of the conflict between environmentalists and developers shallow, and his characters even moreso. The only characters I find believable in these two novels are the little girls, who are brighter in many ways than their lawyer fathers. I don't recommend starting this one if you feel obligated to finish what you start as I do.
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While reading this book I kept seeing a ghost of the outline of writing this book. I mean it felt really contrived. A paint by numbers take on magic.
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After reading Midwives, Bohjalian's recent book, I went to see what other works of his were around. I was glad to find Water Witches. Its portrait of family, storyline, and setting were all wonderful. It showed a Vermont that I had never imagined and made this Southern Californian all the more aware of the mystical qualities of water.
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Thought I'd like this book, since I know Vermont, have lived through a similar mountain vs. ski resort conflict in New England and am fascinated by dowsing. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 1997
Subtle and engaging . . . .
I'm not interested in expansion of a ski resort and not an environmentalist, so I don't really know why I read this novel, but I'm glad I did. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 1997
Is there a higher rating than 10??
A perfect picture of rural Vermont and the battlelines drawn between the ski industry/developers and environmentalists. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 1997
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