I loved the concept behind this story; it's a very original and relevant horror story, something you don't come across that often. The fact that it takes place in a Dutch village (I'm not sure if that's also the case for the English translations though, I read somewhere the location was changed to an American village for those? which I would find ridiculous but hey, that's me) just made it all the more relatable and realistic for me. 
 The idea of a 17th century witch, still living in this day and age in a modern village, is just quite interesting. Definitely when the entire village is actually aware of the witch and just live their lives around her. To be honest, I liked this idea more than when the story actually started getting "scary". It just didn't scare me that much. I did really love the last chapter (which I read was added when the book got more internationally popular); it really left me with a hollow and spooky vibe.