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tamara_joy's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Mental illness
oliviaclaire's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Firstly, Mrs England is a period piece, set in 1904. Ruby May has just finished her first placement after graduating from Norland school for nurses. She has decided not to emigrate to America with her placement family due to needing to be close enough to home to help support her family in Leeds. It is implied that one of her siblings is ill and that she uses her wages to support them. Unfortunately, Norland nurses are not in the habit of leaving their positions for any reason and as such, her headmistress struggles to reassign her, prompting Ruby to agree to a position in West Yorkshire.
It becomes immediately apparent that not all is well in the home of the England family when Ruby arrives. Mrs England floats around like a pretty phantom and displays little to no interest in her children while Mr England though genial and jovial seems intent on making sure that Nurse May locks the children away at night while he locks away his wife, all for their wellbeing.
This book follows almost exactly the path I thought, and you might already think, it would.
Overall I enjoyed the premise and the book was well written with a couple of twists to keep you guessing. The main plot, however, was easy to predict and the pace was a bit slow. I feel like certain scenes and sections could probably have been cut to keep the story fast paced.
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness
valinorqueen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting
mary_lake's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The only few things I would say is that sometimes the pacing felt a bit off -
But, overall, this was a great read and one I will certainly be revisiting. The writing was lovely and, generally, the characters well developed.
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent
kyahs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
monicashappybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Minor: Pregnancy
darcyjanea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder
Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gaslighting