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The Wonder
The Wonder
Author: Emma Donoghue
Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Kirkus Reviews' "Best 100 Fiction Books of 2016," and one of Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan's 10 Best Books of 2016 *The latest masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room* In the latest masterpiece by Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Room, an English nurse brought to a ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316393867
ISBN-10: 031639386X
Publication Date: 9/1/2017
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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njmom3 avatar reviewed The Wonder on + 1361 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue is about eleven year old Anna who seems to survive without food. The book is inspired by actual cases of fasting girls through history. The first half seems repetitious about one character's focus on proving that it's a hoax. Then, the action picks up a bit. The writing keeps me reading because I want to see where the story goes. Unfortunately, I am disappointed by where the story ends up, how quickly it wraps up, and how I arrive at the end not really believing or caring about the story.

Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/09/the-wonder.html.

Reviewed based on a publisher's galley received through NetGalley.
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MKSbooklady avatar reviewed The Wonder on + 949 more book reviews
Gothic, dark, quasi religious. This book, while interesting was very sad. Probably not on the Vatican's top 10 books. 1850's Ireland was not a fun place to be, if all you know of it is what you read from this book.


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