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the_freya 's review for:
The Pull of the Stars
by Emma Donoghue
(3.5 Stars)
A short, gripping, quick read. The Pull of the Stars takes place in Dublin during the Spanish Flu pandemic. The story is told in a fever/maturity ward over a period of three days.
It goes into heavy description about childbirth, which I had to skim to through as childbirth makes me screamish. So be warned. Unfortunately, the book felt a bit rushed and suffered from being published within 4 months of completion. There were a few editing mistakes; a notable one I spotted is where a baby went from being a girl to a boy.
That said, Emma Donoghue is a brilliant writer. The book is very well researched. This hasn't put me off reading her other works. I look forward to discovering her earlier works.
A short, gripping, quick read. The Pull of the Stars takes place in Dublin during the Spanish Flu pandemic. The story is told in a fever/maturity ward over a period of three days.
It goes into heavy description about childbirth, which I had to skim to through as childbirth makes me screamish. So be warned. Unfortunately, the book felt a bit rushed and suffered from being published within 4 months of completion. There were a few editing mistakes; a notable one I spotted is where a baby went from being a girl to a boy.
That said, Emma Donoghue is a brilliant writer. The book is very well researched. This hasn't put me off reading her other works. I look forward to discovering her earlier works.