Helpful Score: 1
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue is about eleven year old Anna who seems to survive without food. The book is inspired by actual cases of fasting girls through history. The first half seems repetitious about one character's focus on proving that it's a hoax. Then, the action picks up a bit. The writing keeps me reading because I want to see where the story goes. Unfortunately, I am disappointed by where the story ends up, how quickly it wraps up, and how I arrive at the end not really believing or caring about the story.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/09/the-wonder.html.
Reviewed based on a publisher's galley received through NetGalley.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/09/the-wonder.html.
Reviewed based on a publisher's galley received through NetGalley.
Gothic, dark, quasi religious. This book, while interesting was very sad. Probably not on the Vatican's top 10 books. 1850's Ireland was not a fun place to be, if all you know of it is what you read from this book.
An extraordinary book about religious zealotry and science and common sense colliding. A nurse hired to watch an 11 year old girl as she fasts for religious reasons becomes quite something else as the nurse learns of the true reasons behind the fast, and the girl nears death. Great ending!
Lib is a nurse who has been assigned to watch a young girl in Ireland who is supposedly living, but not eating anything. Lib has been hired to watch Anna 24/7, along with another nurse. This could be a miracle!
Lib is determined to find out if this young girl is getting food some other way. She consistently checks the room, visitors to the room, etc for signs of food being given to Anna.
Anna is purposely not eating as a sacrifice to God. Lib just doesn't really understand why. Lib gets to really like this little girl, but can't quite figure out what is really going on.
I really was intent on giving up on this book, but am glad I stuck with it. The ending makes it worth the read.
Lib is determined to find out if this young girl is getting food some other way. She consistently checks the room, visitors to the room, etc for signs of food being given to Anna.
Anna is purposely not eating as a sacrifice to God. Lib just doesn't really understand why. Lib gets to really like this little girl, but can't quite figure out what is really going on.
I really was intent on giving up on this book, but am glad I stuck with it. The ending makes it worth the read.
