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The Wonder
The Wonder
Author: Emma Donoghue
In Emma Donoghue's latest masterpiece, an English nurse brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle-a girl said to have survived without food for months-soon finds herself fighting to save the child's life. — Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who believes herself to be living off manna fro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316466257
ISBN-10: 0316466255
Publication Date: 9/20/2016
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 7
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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 + 948 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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