The Wonder

I'm usually not much for stories set in old times (this one is set in the 1850s). I've previously read Room by Emma Donoghue, and I like stories with mysteries to solve; so I gave this one a chance.

Donoghue has written a story of a young girl who claims to not have eaten anything for four months (and doesn't need it either). An English nurse and a catholicism nun are hired to observe her for a period of time. I like that I, as a reader, spent most of the story wondering whether religion or science (biology) would win... I wasn't even sure which side I was rooting for.