Year of Wonders Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Geraldine Brooks
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
610

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Book Summary

“Plague stories remind us that we cannot manage without community . . . Year of Wonders is a testament to that very notion.” – The Washington Post

An unforgettable tale, set in 17th century England, of a village that quarantines itself to arrest the spread of the plague, from the author The Secret Chord and of March, winner of the Pulitzer Prize 

When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis, a "year of wonders."

Inspired by the true story of Eyam, a village in the rugged hill country of England, Year of Wonders is a richly detailed evocation of a singular moment in history. Written with stunning emotional intelligence and introducing "an inspiring heroine" (The Wall Street Journal), Brooks blends love and learning, loss and renewal into a spellbinding and unforgettable read.

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Book Name Year of Wonders
Genre Literary Fiction
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 2.48 MB

Year of Wonders (Geraldine Brooks) Book Reviews 2024

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Bummer. Read this for a book club, so I stuck it out even though I hated it. It’s one depressing scene after another. Her husband is dead. Her two children each die slow hideously painful deaths from the plague. Dozens of horrible plague deaths are described in detail. Her best friend is stabbed to death by a crazy woman. The town mob tortures an old lady and lynches another. Don’t be expecting a happy ending.

Informative. Good blend of research and fiction to help rhe reader understand what everyday life was like for communities infested by the Bubonic Plague. I appreciated the extensive background research. Good job of allowing the reader to “walk in the shoes” of the victims.

Dark and depressing story. It was a dark and depressing story. I wish I had never purchased it. Waste of time

Year of Wonders. This novel has met all my criteria of a great work. History, medicine, and England. Beautifully written and alive with descriptive prose, the reader will be moved.

Year of wonders. Depressing; unbelievable and not worth time or money

Year of Wonders. One of my favorite books of all time. Made me want to read anything by Geraldine Brooks.

Excellent. I will not forget this book!

(:. Lovely!

Year of Wonders. This is an amazing book. Despite being about a harsh topic, the author manages to create a wonderful story with many hopeful and uplifting moments. It will make you cry, laugh, and think about the world. This is the kind of book one searches for but rarely finds.

A good story marred by numerous typos. This iBooks ebook is yet another example of publishers’ abandonment of proofreading. This text has such an annoying number of typos that it is nearly nauseating. The story itself, while good overall, is undermined by a rushed, fanciful ending that tends to discredit all that preceded it. If you are looking for a fictional depiction of the plague, then you might enjoy this story. Otherwise, I would recommend that you read something else.

History Repeats Itself. This was a really good book and I read it during the pandemic and it was interesting to see how similar the reactions to the Plague were to our modern reactions to COVID.

B O R I N G. This book just drags and most of the novel itself is nothing but padding to make it unnecessarily long. It is incredibly dull and the way the author tells the story will leave you scratching your head in confusion.

Last Year or Long Ago. Everyone of us have heard the words black plague or pandemic and knew it was/is bad. Meet Anna here a young married woman who struggles in her world to survive. The influence of God/church in Anna as she is employed by the local preacher to give care for the home and then becomes a confidant to the wife here. Anna learns to read and heals touching a many in the small village here in this gripping story. Does she learn too much? This read is a must for today! To the very last page of 399 read!

Amazing book. Loved it from start to finish. It has some nice twists and the author has mastered eloquence in her writing.

Truly amazing. This book is so well written that despite thinking it’s an old period piece, it grabs you and keeps your attention.

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Summary of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

The Year of Wonders book written by Geraldine Brooks was published on 06 August 2001, Monday in the Literary Fiction category. A total of 610 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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