The Wonder
by Emma Donoghue
Taste attributes: historicalthrillerdramapsychologicalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentaryrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeAn emotional historical novel that is weighty, dark and intimate. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, Emma Donoghue's The Wonder - inspired by numerous European and North American cases of 'fasting girls' between the sixteenth century and the twentieth - is a psychological thriller about a child's murder threatening to happen in slow motion before our eyes.
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- Author
- Emma Donoghue
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 304
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- Open Library
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