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A review by apple0loving0shinigami
The House Children by Heidi Daniele
3.0
The House of Children has the air of a classic, it explores immortal themes such as family, identity, wanting to belong.
The story is set in the 1930s. Our protagonist, Mary Margaret Joyce was born at the Tuam Home in Ireland. She spent her life either in foster care or in the industrial boarding school. She was abandoned by her mother and she doesn't know a single thing about her family and why her mother left her.
In the industrial school, she gets the nickname Peg. We follow Peg's every day's life and struggles. The beginning of the novel was slow and uninteresting to me.
Not only her life takes a turn, but also the story starts being more interesting when Peg is asked to spend the holidays with a family. She doesn't know why that particular family took interest in her, but she loves them nonetheless.
As she starts to grow up, she discovers the truth about her mother and the reason why she was abandoned.
The ending of the book was as dull as the beginning. All of the excitement was depleted in the middle part of the book.
Considering that this is based on real events, I understand why the story was such as it was.
The writing style was beautiful and easy to follow.
The audiobook narrator was perfect.
Many thanks to Netgalley and OrangeSky Audio for providing me the audiobook of the House Children in exchange for an honest review.
The story is set in the 1930s. Our protagonist, Mary Margaret Joyce was born at the Tuam Home in Ireland. She spent her life either in foster care or in the industrial boarding school. She was abandoned by her mother and she doesn't know a single thing about her family and why her mother left her.
In the industrial school, she gets the nickname Peg. We follow Peg's every day's life and struggles. The beginning of the novel was slow and uninteresting to me.
Not only her life takes a turn, but also the story starts being more interesting when Peg is asked to spend the holidays with a family. She doesn't know why that particular family took interest in her, but she loves them nonetheless.
As she starts to grow up, she discovers the truth about her mother and the reason why she was abandoned.
The ending of the book was as dull as the beginning. All of the excitement was depleted in the middle part of the book.
Considering that this is based on real events, I understand why the story was such as it was.
The writing style was beautiful and easy to follow.
The audiobook narrator was perfect.
Many thanks to Netgalley and OrangeSky Audio for providing me the audiobook of the House Children in exchange for an honest review.