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The Wonder
The Wonder
Author: Emma Donoghue
A Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist and #1 bestseller, The Wonder is the latest masterpiece from Man Booker Prize?nominated author Emma Donoghue.The Toronto Star praises The Wonder as ?a thoroughly enjoyable read from one of the country?s premier storytellers.? Emma Donoghue takes the reader back to 1850s Ireland, where a village is baffled by An...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781443453790
ISBN-10: 144345379X
Publication Date: 3/7/2017
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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 + 946 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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