Ariel Lawhon

"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who found herself at the center of a murder trial"--

A Novel

The Frozen River

Took some time to get into and seemed like a lot of extraneous characters got a lot of time allotted for no reason. But overall enjoyed and ended well with an appropriate amount of revenge for all of the wrongdoings. Felt like rage bait a lot (North, Dr Page, etc) so was difficult to read at points. Also felt like a lot of not needed info about her and her husbands sex life. Authors note was also interesting to hear.

Paige Paul

Can’t come up with the words to describe how good this book is

Miranda Hall

this was interesting! especially since this was based on real events 

taylor

Very interesting history context, and the main female character is well developed. Unfortunately the bad guy is really too unidimensional. 

Barbara

very immersive and wide-reaching... the length & depth of this book was at times overwhelming, but it really does an excellent job of sharing women's stories & perspective from this time. 

there were a TON of characters and some things felt repetitive but the main arc of the story was strong & the ending was satisfying. 

claire

very immersive and wide-reaching... the length & depth of this book was at times overwhelming, but it really does an excellent job of sharing women's stories & perspective from this time. 

there were a TON of characters and some things felt repetitive but the main arc of the story was strong & the ending was satisfying. 

Definitely interesting. Took me over three weeks to finish (because life). So maybe that’s why some aspects seem random and disconnected? Didn’t understand the fox situation, but maybe if I think about it more it will make more sense. It also felt like there were too many characters to keep up with, as well as their relevance. But again, probably because I read it so spread out. I wish I could go back and read it in a shorter period of time. But overall was an enjoyable read and kept my interest! I liked it. 

The Frozen River A Novel

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