![]() The truth behind Anna’s fast is lackluster and predictable, and all of the characters came across as dull. My major grievances include an incredibly slow and boring plot (I felt like half the novel was just Lib walking around the village) with fairly unimaginative twists. I really had to push myself to finish this novel and was disappointed throughout. Unfortunately, The Wonder ended up being one of my least favorite books of 2017 (so far). Review: I really expected to love The Wonder, given how impressed I was by Donoghue’s Room. As Anna deteriorates, Lib finds herself responsible not just for the care of a child, but for getting tot he root of why the child may actually be the victim of murder in slow motion.” Enter Lib, an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale, who is hired to keep watch for two weeks and determine whether or not Anna is a fraud. Tourists flock in droves to the O’Donnell family’s modest cabin, and an international journalist is sent to cover the sensational story. The little girl appears to be thriving after months without food, and the story of this “wonder” has reached fever pitch. ![]() Which brought her back, as everything did, to Anna.”īook Jacket Synopsis: “A village in 1850s Ireland is baffled by Anna O’Donnell’s fast. ![]() “Being tired didn’t mean one was capable of sleep, just as the need for food wasn’t the same as a relish for it. ![]()
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