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mishale1's review
3.0
The writing was 4 stars, the storyline 3.
This book is written in a poetic manner. It's beautifully written.
Also, it was very uniquely narrated by the twins that Evie is still carrying.
The story is a bit odd. Evie leaves her husband and runs far away. She finds a job at a small town school and a house that sounds like a dream home. At first everything seems perfect.
But her neighbors are very eccentric. She also happens to arrive in town when the previous teacher was fired after teaching a controversial book about Mary Rowlandson and Weetamoo.
I was not familiar with either of these historical figures before this book.
The people in town are all split on whether Evie should be teaching the book. Evie isn't sure herself, especially considering weird things start happening in Evie's house when she's researching Mary and Weetamoo. She even starts to have nightmares about actually being Mary.
On top of this, she is falling for a married man. The book jacket says he's married to "the bravest woman she knows". Is that really Evie's opinion of her? I think she's afraid of her some of the time and impressed by her the rest of the time. I think she's completely odd and not necessarily harmless.
This feels like the reverse of all the stories where a newcomer moves to town, finds it to be the perfect place to live and loves everyone and everything in the town. I've definitely read a lot of books like that.
I think it will remain to be seen whether Evie moving to this town was a good idea and whether it was beneficial to the town or herself.
This book is written in a poetic manner. It's beautifully written.
Also, it was very uniquely narrated by the twins that Evie is still carrying.
The story is a bit odd. Evie leaves her husband and runs far away. She finds a job at a small town school and a house that sounds like a dream home. At first everything seems perfect.
But her neighbors are very eccentric. She also happens to arrive in town when the previous teacher was fired after teaching a controversial book about Mary Rowlandson and Weetamoo.
I was not familiar with either of these historical figures before this book.
The people in town are all split on whether Evie should be teaching the book. Evie isn't sure herself, especially considering weird things start happening in Evie's house when she's researching Mary and Weetamoo. She even starts to have nightmares about actually being Mary.
On top of this, she is falling for a married man. The book jacket says he's married to "the bravest woman she knows". Is that really Evie's opinion of her? I think she's afraid of her some of the time and impressed by her the rest of the time. I think she's completely odd and not necessarily harmless.
This feels like the reverse of all the stories where a newcomer moves to town, finds it to be the perfect place to live and loves everyone and everything in the town. I've definitely read a lot of books like that.
I think it will remain to be seen whether Evie moving to this town was a good idea and whether it was beneficial to the town or herself.
expendablemudge's review
4.0
Rating: 4* of five
#WomensHistoryMonth draws to a close, and I'm getting in a few novels that are better thought of in women's stories terms...WHAT BECOMES US gets the business today.
4 stars to Outpost19 for another unforgettable tale about a woman taking control of her own life. #ReadingIsResistance to accepting, even in fiction, the idea of the helpless little fembot who needs Rescuing. Micah Perks gets big bonus points for inventing a new narrative trope: third person unborn.
Seriously. Go read it.
#WomensHistoryMonth draws to a close, and I'm getting in a few novels that are better thought of in women's stories terms...WHAT BECOMES US gets the business today.
4 stars to Outpost19 for another unforgettable tale about a woman taking control of her own life. #ReadingIsResistance to accepting, even in fiction, the idea of the helpless little fembot who needs Rescuing. Micah Perks gets big bonus points for inventing a new narrative trope: third person unborn.
Seriously. Go read it.
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