A review by bookaneer808
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-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? No
5.0
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue is a spellbinding book; set during the 1918 Pandemic in a Dublin hospital it has uncanny echoes of our own times.
Over the course of a weekend, the lives of three women become irrevocably entwined as the stakes are raised, battling for the welfare and lives of the women being treated there. Utterly gripping, a book I couldn't put down.
Over the course of a weekend, the lives of three women become irrevocably entwined as the stakes are raised, battling for the welfare and lives of the women being treated there. Utterly gripping, a book I couldn't put down.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror
Set in a maternity hospital in 1918 during the Flu Pandemic, so there are fairly graphic descriptions of childbirth and how it can go horrendously wrong.