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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF at 41%
Not for me. Just....boring. I was kind of dreading having to turn the audiobook back on and craving other books instead so I'm just gonna drop this one. Trying this new thing where I don't make myself miserable just to finish a book..
Not for me. Just....boring. I was kind of dreading having to turn the audiobook back on and craving other books instead so I'm just gonna drop this one. Trying this new thing where I don't make myself miserable just to finish a book..
I really wanted to love this.
The setting is beautifully done: the early 1900s with the contrast of rich and poor, the expansion in America’s West, the naïveté of social progress.
I’m not sure how a novel about unionism, violence, class disparity, love, death and family could end up falling flat for me. The characters seemed almost like ghosts - strong in theory, but unfortunately not substantial enough to be fulfilling.
The setting is beautifully done: the early 1900s with the contrast of rich and poor, the expansion in America’s West, the naïveté of social progress.
I’m not sure how a novel about unionism, violence, class disparity, love, death and family could end up falling flat for me. The characters seemed almost like ghosts - strong in theory, but unfortunately not substantial enough to be fulfilling.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
comparing paid white male workers in the 1900s and slaves in the pre civil-war south is not the moves
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
You will both love and hate characters. So well written!
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
3 1/2 ⭐️
This book is historical fiction demonstrating the working class fighting for fair wages, 8 hour days, and no dead hours (unpaid work hours) in a mining town. The workers are trying to unionize and the strife that comes along with that can be deadly. The protagonist is a female daughter of a miner turned newspaper writer. There are actually a lot of storylines and layers to this book the more I think about it. Good story. Hard times. A lot of amazing people came before us in history to bring us to where we are today. They didn’t settle they fought for what was right.
This book is historical fiction demonstrating the working class fighting for fair wages, 8 hour days, and no dead hours (unpaid work hours) in a mining town. The workers are trying to unionize and the strife that comes along with that can be deadly. The protagonist is a female daughter of a miner turned newspaper writer. There are actually a lot of storylines and layers to this book the more I think about it. Good story. Hard times. A lot of amazing people came before us in history to bring us to where we are today. They didn’t settle they fought for what was right.