Reviews

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

boomboomboom's review

inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

jskenzer's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

sarahetc's review against another edition

1.0

Year of Times I Should Have Given Up But Somehow Didn't

1. When I realized that Geraldine Brooks may be a very good writer, but she can't read aloud for anything.


2. That first graphic lambing scene with the overly long, overly florid description of sheep vagina.


3. That first graphic description of a superating bubo.


4. The description of the exsanguinated dead baby


5. The scene with the breech baby and the hook. I'm not even going to describe it.


6. The other breech baby scene, altho at least there everybody lived.


7. The witch hunt, altho of course we had to have one of those


8. The description of the abortion by hot poker


9. Then it went along okay for a little while, I guess, except for the poor narration.


10. Then the whole thing with the grave digging dad getting dagged through the hand and nobody went and got him so he died of exposure so his wife went nuts and then the little girl died but she was actually a witch and didn't bury the little girl....

And I just can't go on. Not recommended. Nothing to recommend it. Jeez.

kcc810's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

anjelicabell's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

abbydavidson's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

alice007's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

seacreatively's review

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

tanyamhudson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

mnrogers's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0