Recently, I read the book Witch and Wizard by James Patterson. It was obviously a take on somewhere between nazi germany and the salem witch trials. It is about a brother and a sister in a world that has been taken over by the New Order, led by The One Who Is The One, ( rather lengthy name), whose goal is to create a utopian society, for them at least, by disposing of all rabblerousers including witches, wizards, artists and anyone with free will, creativity or power. Told from the underdog's point of view, it positively exudes hopelessness and despair, a quality that I found rather depressing. It had it's hopeful moments, but each book makes the situation more and more dire, with no real victories. It is not the most uplifting of sources, but does a fair job of creating the feeling of being oppressed, and reads like an account of the salem witch trials I read once.
While reading it, it kind of made me think a bit more about what people in history have been through and how it must feel to be able to trust no one but yourself. Overall, a meaningful book, but a bit depressing.
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