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midnightstory's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, War, and Classism
Minor: Slavery and Alcohol
clemrain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Excrement, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
This shattering story takes place over three strenuous days of a nurse and runner in a maternity ward during the influenza pandemic. It’s a difficult, slow read that dives into the little hours of horrors experienced by the most vulnerable. I don’t really have the words for this book. I had a very vague knowledge of the influenza pandemic. But academic readings don’t do the justice to this tragic period of time. This book does and I think it’s because it’s takes a very small real part of the pandemic and focuses on it. The world is so much more than just the grand scheme of things. I don’t know much about Ireland’s history past the famine most of us are taught about. But of course just like any country, Ireland had its l share of religious trauma. I wanted to scream and yell and cry. The romance was so fleeting but it was impactful. I wish it had been woven into the plot a bit earlier butbarbarella85's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage
Minor: War
kitkatkick's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Suicide, Dementia, and War
avisreadsandreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and War
mad_is_rad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Slavery, Religious bigotry, and War
thealienamongus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, War, and Classism
Minor: Alcohol
emmstuke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, and Terminal illness
Minor: War
have_a_doris_day's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: War
phoebeeandjam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Though it isn’t the central focus, it is queer! I felt like the characters were written beautifully.
It took me a minute to get used to the writing style, and there were a lot of nouns I hadn’t heard before because I was not alive in 1918 and I am not Irish lol but I was able to use context clues to get the idea. Despite this, I loved every second of The Pull of the Stars, and I read it every chance I got. I was sad when it ended, and I will likely reread it in the near future.
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Forced institutionalization and War