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smarty_ants's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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? Yes
4.5
chels4956's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
thebookwormkatie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Child death
Moderate: Violence
encyclopediabritanika's review against another edition
4.0
First of all, let's set expectations. This is not literary fiction. This is like a murder mystery court case book set in the 1700s. Which is fun! But the level of writing is different for each so let's make sure we know what we're getting.
This is a story of an 18th century midwife in remote and rural Maine. It is based on a real midwife who took notes in a journal - notes that included a gruesome rape - which leads to this story. A woman in town is raped by two men. One of the men turns up dead. There's a trial for the remaining man - the town judge. And there's looking into who murdered the other man. But there's a lot of babies being born as well, and town politics and gossip. It's also a stark (and real account) of life for women.
I enjoyed it. But I most enjoyed the midwife's husband, Efraim, a husband who was goals, even if he's an 18th century whittler (I don't remember his job lol). Efraim was so great and I'm a bit in love with him now.
Read this on audio, which was well done.
This is a story of an 18th century midwife in remote and rural Maine. It is based on a real midwife who took notes in a journal - notes that included a gruesome rape - which leads to this story. A woman in town is raped by two men. One of the men turns up dead. There's a trial for the remaining man - the town judge. And there's looking into who murdered the other man. But there's a lot of babies being born as well, and town politics and gossip. It's also a stark (and real account) of life for women.
I enjoyed it. But I most enjoyed the midwife's husband, Efraim, a husband who was goals, even if he's an 18th century whittler (I don't remember his job lol). Efraim was so great and I'm a bit in love with him now.
Read this on audio, which was well done.
cmower's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
kendallmayes8's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
kbookish's review against another edition
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Pregnancy
Moderate: Rape, Medical trauma, Child death, and Miscarriage
Minor: Murder
dsuzno's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
cnohero's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- 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