Burial Rites

I think this was an OK book. It took a while for me to be into the story, but once I was into the story it was smooth sailing.

I knew that Agnes was going to be executed but there were points in the novel where I was hoping and praying that she would either escape herself or someone would help her get away. This was a story that eventually swayed you to Agnes' side because of how she was being treated by the people who she was forced to be with. I even began to love the connection that she was making with the family she was staying with, it made it seem so real for her to be connecting with the family.

I have one question that is still lingering, the woman who ‘adopted' Agnes, was she the same lady that was the mother's caretaker when she was a little girl? This was never clear and my book club couldn't make up their minds about it either.