joanna77_ 's review for:

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

3.0

adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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“𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫.”

This was a super quick read and I liked how each chapter kind of felt like it’s own little short story within the larger tale, if that makes any sense. This book is a great portrait of life in the Middle Ages and I learned a lot of interesting things.

I really liked the main character, but my favorite character was the cat. He was the cutest.