What a beautiful book. I'm so glad that I gave this a chance. I don't tend to pick up many books written in verse, and while I'm sure that I knew what this book was about at the time it was purchased, it's been sitting on my shelves for a couple of years now and picked it up on a whim today.

This is a difficult book to slot into a genre. It's fictional, but is also inspired by the life of a real person. It's historical fiction, but the format of being written in verse makes it more accessible, in my opinion, than some historical fiction. It's also a very quick read. This is technically 366 pages, but I read it in about 2 hours.

There were some really beautiful passages in this book, and I found myself really caring about Clara and her story.

If I had one thing I wish had been different, the book ends very suddenly. I wish we could've had a little more about the aftermath of the strikes, but overall I found myself very connected to the story.