Reviews

The Girls We Sent Away: A Novel by Meagan Church

rachelreadsdaily's review

medium-paced

4.0

This book was exactly what I expected, but I did not expect the range of emotions that I was going to feel while listening to the story.  As a lover of history, I am very familiar with the plight of women throughout history and the barriers that had to be broken to get where we are today, but I spent about 80% of this book angry at the situation and that weasel Clint.  There were so many characters I hated in this story, but Lorraine and Alan were perfection.  My heart ached for all that Lorraine had to suffer through.  While this story is just one example, I couldn't help but think of how many women were treated this way and were faced with the same situation and it just broke my heart and enraged me. 

susanjanette's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

acrowder's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ncronauer's review

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

curlyfry6's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

lakamionka's review

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape

jryberg's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

bargainsleuth's review

3.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for a copy of this book. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I've read several books on the Baby Scoop era already, and maybe that's what keeps me from rating this book more highly. If you haven't read anything on the subject, then you may enjoy this book more than I did. It was good, not great.

What we as women have had to put up with because we're the ones who get pregnant is just insane, with little or no consequences for the men involved. This book does a good job of showing society's hypocrisy. And what the unwed mothers went through at these institutions should be taught to every female because sometimes it feels like our country is heading backwards to this era again.

I felt this book was good overall, but a bit long-winded. If it were more tightly written, I might have rated it higher. Some parts just seemed to drag for me, which leads to my overall enjoyment of the book.

angelaptrice's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

soapiecb's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0