Reviews

The Woman With the Cure by Lynn Cullen

mtzbookworm64's review

5.0

What a remarkable story about Dr. Dorothy Horstmann and her relentless search for a cure / vaccine for polio. Without her findings that poliovirus was found in the blood and that was how it got from the gut to the nerves cells and paralyzed people - we wouldn’t have a vaccine.

The book also mentions other women in the development - Isabel Morgan, Elsie Ward, Bernice Eddy, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Barbara Johnson, and Eleanor Abbott.

marieintheraw's review

4.0

This is kinda was super devastating; however, it was super worth it as I really enjoyed the fight for the cure that was going on.

I received an ecopy of this through Netgalley; however, all opinions are my own.

cahlacarla's review

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

jan1955's review

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

jmhermann's review

informative slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

Slow
Somewhat boring

delagoldwein's review

informative inspiring reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

This is such a great, well researched and written book. Most of think polio=Salk so I learned a lot about the others involved in the race for a cure.

evelikesbooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

caseymcarswell's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

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

4.5

sirianoe's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

kris_tea516's review against another edition

informative inspiring 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

4.0

Book 31 of 52 for 2024

I read this one on a whim. I found out that the book club at our local library was meeting on Saturday to discuss this one &, we didn’t have plans for that part of the day & I was able to find it on the Libby app for immediate borrow, so, I decided to go for it. 

I’m not the biggest fan of historical fiction when including people who really existed, especially when their real story has never really been told. Having said that, I can appreciate the genre just I do feel like this one was done really well. I also really appreciated the author’s note at the end.