Received the first book from a 6 book subscription that was one of the most hideous things that I have ever read. Chosen by Callum, not sure who Callum thinks I am but clearly he seems to think I am a misogynist. A woman described, whilst dying in childbirth, as having 'anxious beseeching eyes, like a drowning dog' and 'her howls could could be heard from afar, through the main wards, just as the lowing cattle being slaughtered must be heard in abbatoirs' I get that the book was written in the 1930's but there was no character development or period references to allow the reader to adjust (or brace yourself) for these inhuman references. I don't think I could have hated this book any more than I did.
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