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A review by laurenjpegler
Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
3.0
*2.5 stars
Okay, so I'm conflicted about this one. Some chapters, and some stories, were really interesting and really quite enjoyable, yet, on the other hand, I found myself skipping some chapters because I found them that boring. I don't know how it can be such a mix, but there we go.
Jenny Worth really likes to play on your emotions. She is great at capturing the brutality and hardship of the workhouses, not only in the nineteenth century, but how it lingered in the early twentieth century. Workhouses didn't just stop. They evolved. And it still affected people in a bad way. Jenny Worth really brings light to this. Some of the stories she shared really resonated with me, made me quite emotional and teary (the last, for example, I couldn't stop crying!).
I just found a couple stories a little dull. Although, there was no midwifery in this. This might be my fault, as the title clearly states workhouse, but I thought it was part of the Call the Midwife series (not sure if it is or not?) and I was expecting to hear some more stories on that - that's what I really enjoyed about the first book.
Okay, so I'm conflicted about this one. Some chapters, and some stories, were really interesting and really quite enjoyable, yet, on the other hand, I found myself skipping some chapters because I found them that boring. I don't know how it can be such a mix, but there we go.
Jenny Worth really likes to play on your emotions. She is great at capturing the brutality and hardship of the workhouses, not only in the nineteenth century, but how it lingered in the early twentieth century. Workhouses didn't just stop. They evolved. And it still affected people in a bad way. Jenny Worth really brings light to this. Some of the stories she shared really resonated with me, made me quite emotional and teary (the last, for example, I couldn't stop crying!).
I just found a couple stories a little dull. Although, there was no midwifery in this. This might be my fault, as the title clearly states workhouse, but I thought it was part of the Call the Midwife series (not sure if it is or not?) and I was expecting to hear some more stories on that - that's what I really enjoyed about the first book.