A review by leighnonymous
My Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

3.0

Ultimately, this book is forgettable. The story is set during the Civil War, involves a woman trying to be accepted in a man's world, unrequited love, and lots of death and limb loss. This is as mainstream as a novel gets. The author worked so hard at describing Mary as strong, fearless, etc. that she forgot to actually show that. I didn't care a bit about her, her love for her twin sister's husband, her relationship with her mother, or her persistence in elbowing her way into the surgery tents for the Union. Oliveira did nothing to make me understand *why* Mary wanted to help people.