Hope W. reviewed on 2/13/2021 + 2 more book reviews

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First book I've read by this author and it made a great first impression, aside from a few little things. Took me a bit to get used to the spoken dialogue not being in quotation marks, sometimes had to read twice to figure out if characters were thinking something or saying it out loud, but I got used to it. The "love story" DID seem to come out of nowhere as another reviewer said, and felt somewhat forced, but oh well.

Other than those two little things I loved it. I was in tears at various parts of the story, learned a TON about Ireland during the Spanish Flu (and Ireland in general since I had to google the meaning of quite a few phrases and words), and I loved the medical aspect of it. It is quite detailed and graphic but that's what made it so real. I hate books that gloss over details, this one definitely doesn't do that often!

I really felt that all the characters were really well done, enough detail that you feel like you know them and to make their place in the story important in some way.

Overall a very good read!

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