A review by lsparrow
Fever by Mary Beth Keane

2.0

historical fiction - telling of Typhoid Mary. Although this tried to tell more of her side of the story it felt very modern in the feelings. Also I felt that there was not enough background or understanding of the current medical culture to give a real context to the characters and the reader is left with modern sensibilites to judge Mary on. Also there is very little discussion of the views on Irish at this time which would have been a huge factor. I did find it interesting how the issue of opoid addictions was brought in.