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lizshayne 's review for:
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
by Meg Elison
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'm SO glad I waited to read this rather than when I first got it out of the library and then we had a pandemic and I was pregnant because, whew, this is NOT the book to read then.
I think I'm getting discerning with my pandemic lit these days, there's just so much of it. And now I start asking "okay, but how did they do compared to what went down?"
Which is, of course, SUPER helpful.
I appreciated this book and the conceit (it has a handmaid's tale feel to it that mostly works) and I wanted more of the "how do we rebuild the world once we bet a chance story", which was like 10 pages at the end and that's the part that interests me most.
I think I'm getting discerning with my pandemic lit these days, there's just so much of it. And now I start asking "okay, but how did they do compared to what went down?"
Which is, of course, SUPER helpful.
I appreciated this book and the conceit (it has a handmaid's tale feel to it that mostly works) and I wanted more of the "how do we rebuild the world once we bet a chance story", which was like 10 pages at the end and that's the part that interests me most.