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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
I enjoyed listening to this as much as the first book...so much so that I immediately downloaded book 3 and started listening to it.
I liked the first book much more than this one, but I did like the focus this book had on the characters it did. It allowed the reader to learn and get to know more of the characters we love from the show.
I don't quite know why I didn't seem to enjoy this one as much, maybe because it focused more on the other people Jenny knew and less on herself...?
None the less, I did seriously enjoy this book. And I would recommend it for sure.
I don't quite know why I didn't seem to enjoy this one as much, maybe because it focused more on the other people Jenny knew and less on herself...?
None the less, I did seriously enjoy this book. And I would recommend it for sure.
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
Not as good as he first in the series but interesting in the history and experience of the workhouse system.
Uneven writing but great insight into the darker aspects of England's history: the workhouses, the Boer war, the world wars, and the social planning that displaced tenement residents.
This book was focused on the general nursing care provided in the community by the midwives and the experiences of the patients had grown up in London's workhouses. Such a different world. The lives cover working on a ship, the Boer War, WWI, WWII, and fishmongering by the docks, in addition to life in the workhouse itself.
I read the first book of the series of Worth's memoir, and I enjoyed it a lot. So, naturally, I started on this one. Only to be much dissapointed. For some reason I expected it to be the same in structure - a few different stories about being a midwife. Instead you get a long long story of kids growing in a workhouse, who later became incestuous. A little trigger warning would have been nice, please! And this detailed story took about two thirds of a book!
Reading this, I can't help but compare it to the tv show... it doesn't change my enjoyment at all, but there is one stark difference... Sister Monica Joan is quite unlikable in the written state. It is rather strange, because she is rather lovable and eccentric as far as the show is concerned. Perhaps that's just me though. And I'm not sure if I just forget, but I don't recall much of Joe's story being told, and I found him very enthralling... in any case, these books are rather light reading, even when caring about rather dark subjects.