This book started out wonderful. A full 5 stars, but then at the end it dovetailed. If you can say written by an athiest without saying it, the author did in this one. This is not historically accurate at all for the time period. There may have been athiests, but they would have been too afraid ...
The author's afterword explains that this book was inspired by the true story of the small village of Eyam in Derbyshire, which in 1666 voluntarily cut itself off from the rest of world when it was struck by the plague. This was an extraordinarily selfless act considering they were condemning many o...
This book was simply not my cup of tea. The premise of the book attracted me to the book, but it failed. There were multiple problems, in my opinion, including the writing style. There seemed to be too much superfluous information. What makes this fact worse is one paragraph could be talking about t...
"I read this as part of my Random Reading Challenge. I have to say that I was not disappointed. Ms. Brooks does a masterful job of presenting what it was like to live in 1660s England both with and without the plague. Her descriptions left me with clear pictures of the hardships endured just to sust...
Nope, I didn't like this at all. OK, just about everybody agrees the ending is bad, me included, but that is not at all why I so dislike the book. For me endings are not that terribly important. It is the time spent with the book that is important to me. Do they get me thinking? Am I drawn onto the ...
Year of Wonder offers a you-are-there account of the plague year of 1666 in the English countryside, seen through the eyes of Anna Frith, a young maid, widowed with two young boys. The inspiration for the story is the actual village of Eyam, in Derbyshire. After it was clear that the plague had set ...
I can honestly say I've never read a book like it. Despite the unnerving descriptions of the affects of the Plague, I'm glad it wasn't glossed over.Overall I enjoyed the book. I would have given it five stars, but the ending threw me for a loop. Made me go a bit cross-eyed.I wouldn't recommend this ...
This was a very interesting book. I really enjoy historical fiction. I love to read about how people lived before the invention of the internet, or the car, or the cotton gin, or whatever the case may be. This was a short book, at just over 300 pages, but it didn't feel short. The characters were we...
Another winner from this author! An engaging plot and an interesting glimpse of what life was like for country people back then. Historical novels are the perfect niche for Geraldine Brooks. She does ample research, then creates a perfect blend of fact and fiction.This book is based on a true stor...
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