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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
This was gory,heart-wrenching, beautiful, breathtaking, and fascinating. The character of Mary Sutter is a strong, defiant woman, determined to follow her dream of practicing medicine. She is willing to do whatever necessary in order to achieve that goal, including browbeating surgeons, nursing supervisors, and even the President of the United States to accomplish her goal, and she does.
The surgery and battle scenes were horrific, the characterizations beautifully created.
I finished this and wished Mary Sutter wasn't a fictional character, so I could learn more about her.
The surgery and battle scenes were horrific, the characterizations beautifully created.
I finished this and wished Mary Sutter wasn't a fictional character, so I could learn more about her.
I loved the character of Mary, but felt the overall book was a little lacking. It seemed to drag in some places then bypass important events.
I couldn't stay with this book. I felt like it kept jumping around all over the place, and I finally gave up a little before halfway through when it started talking about Dorothea Dix.
It never picked up for me. I had a hard time engaging with the main characters because everything was a flashback as if to build the character’s story, but all it served to do was take me out of it.
2.5 stars. I found this book intriguing early on, but was disappointed by the characters. The story is good, but how it’s told is not. I didn’t feel the reader was brought along for the interactions and understandings; rather, we were just told about those later in the book and expected to accept them as true. Overwrought in parts, disjointed in others. Also, the odd appearances of Miss Dix didn’t seem relevant to the story so much as a historic attachment to the Civil War.
sad
slow-paced
I would love to add another half star to this!
The book was really good! But I did catch myself saying “what are we doing here?” Often. The first 3/4 of the book were amazing, and the last quarter felt rushed, and half written, in my opinion. I would definitely consider reading again.
The book was really good! But I did catch myself saying “what are we doing here?” Often. The first 3/4 of the book were amazing, and the last quarter felt rushed, and half written, in my opinion. I would definitely consider reading again.
Ugh!!! I was really excited to read this book but it was just so BORING. Though there were parts where I was interested in reading further, most of it was dull dialogue and 2D characters.
I was most bored with how the characters (especially Blevin and Stipp) were essentially the same person. There wasn't a unique writing style given to each character so I felt like they all melded into one dull character.
I was most bored with how the characters (especially Blevin and Stipp) were essentially the same person. There wasn't a unique writing style given to each character so I felt like they all melded into one dull character.
This wasn't so much a book about an independent woman wanting to be a doctor as a drudgery of a book about the horrors of the Civil War.
I'm starting to love the genre of historical fiction. Though this book is primarily fiction, it follows a young midwife with dreams of being a surgeon, as she starts working in DC during the Civil War, I felt like I learned a lot about the civil war as well. I'm awful with history, but I actually enjoy learning about it with these types of books. Great read with a memorable heroine!