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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This historical fiction is about Emily Roebling who had a huge part in the building of the Brooklyn bridge.
In this telling, Emily is a suffragette and wants to fight for women’s rights. When she marries her husband, she’s deeply in love with him. She tries to help with his burdens. She knows his time in the war was hard and she wants him to talk about it but he rarely does.
He goes into the family business soon after they marry. He takes on the immense job of engineering the Brooklyn Bridge.
But he is hit with serious health issues and Emily starts helping with his job.
As the years pass, she is pulled deeper and deeper into the job. She is no longer living her own dreams, she is so determined to make her husband’s dreams happen. And at some point he seems to expect it of her.
This was well written and researched.
I struggled a bit with Emily and her husband’s relationship. Sometimes I liked him, he seemed to support her fight for women’s rights and I imagine that was uncommon for a man that long ago. And he felt her to be strong, intelligent and capable. He respected her. But was her loving to her? Not always. My own enjoyment of the book was lessened a bit because of their relationship. It was well written but it was a bit tortured of a scenario and it was a bit hard to read through. Emily wasn’t without fault but your heart breaks for her at times. Does her husband think she’s amazing enough to get this bridge safely up despite having no training? Absolutely. But does he make her feel like he enjoys her company? Rarely.
I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thanks!
In this telling, Emily is a suffragette and wants to fight for women’s rights. When she marries her husband, she’s deeply in love with him. She tries to help with his burdens. She knows his time in the war was hard and she wants him to talk about it but he rarely does.
He goes into the family business soon after they marry. He takes on the immense job of engineering the Brooklyn Bridge.
But he is hit with serious health issues and Emily starts helping with his job.
As the years pass, she is pulled deeper and deeper into the job. She is no longer living her own dreams, she is so determined to make her husband’s dreams happen. And at some point he seems to expect it of her.
This was well written and researched.
I struggled a bit with Emily and her husband’s relationship. Sometimes I liked him, he seemed to support her fight for women’s rights and I imagine that was uncommon for a man that long ago. And he felt her to be strong, intelligent and capable. He respected her. But was her loving to her? Not always. My own enjoyment of the book was lessened a bit because of their relationship. It was well written but it was a bit tortured of a scenario and it was a bit hard to read through. Emily wasn’t without fault but your heart breaks for her at times. Does her husband think she’s amazing enough to get this bridge safely up despite having no training? Absolutely. But does he make her feel like he enjoys her company? Rarely.
I got to read an early ebook edition from NetGalley. Thanks!
Great story of doing what must be done, no matter what anyone else has to say about it.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This book made me want to read more historical fiction--I feel like I've been neglecting this genre for no reason! It's neat that this author included an afterword explaining which characters and plot elements were based in truth and which were made up.
The plot moved sort of slowly, but the characters were built out really well. It was very interesting to watch Emily become an engineer while balancing family and her bigger dream of fighting for women's voting rights.
The plot moved sort of slowly, but the characters were built out really well. It was very interesting to watch Emily become an engineer while balancing family and her bigger dream of fighting for women's voting rights.
emotional
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved this book! Not only is this story about Em & Wash building bridges together but with their family but also it shows the toll that building bridges takes on their marriage. They both loose themselves in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and Wash almost looses his life to the bridge on more than on occasion. Its a history love story twined together with the Brooklyn Bridge. Great read for historical fiction readers.
This was a long, tedious read. I scanned a lot when it was talking about the building of the bridge. The writing made it hard for me to visualize what was happening so I lost interest quickly. I did enjoy Emily’s story and how she had such a big part in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. I received ARC from Netgalley.
adventurous
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated