Reviews for A nuts-and-bolts approach to teaching nursing

The average rating for A nuts-and-bolts approach to teaching nursing based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-03-01 00:00:00 Jim Stewart I really, really enjoyed the second book of this series. Once again Nicholson gives us a somewhat vague criticism of government (the second book must be communism, but the first? I'm not really sure, it was definitely a punishment/rewards system though) as the backdrop for the story, but I wasn't terribly interested in the precise nature of his philosophical leanings. No, once again I found myself completely in love with the characters, Kestrel in particular. "...And yet, glorious as it was, beautiful even, Kestrel had laid plans for its destruction. This skinny fifteen-year-old with no title and no position had judged the Mastery and passed sentence of death. Her weapon was her own passionate and merciless will. Today was the day of the wedding, and the day of the execution. I am the avenger. Kestrel is passionate and intelligent. She's a revolutionary, and she has to force herself to see the bigger picture at the expense of Sisi, which pains her. [Oh, how I loved Sisi! I really liked her and Kess's friendship, even if it was on unequal footing at times. I really hope to see more of them in the third book.] Personally, I read her to be asexual, and I love how the text doesn't punish her for her lack of interest in boys or marriage or children. Kestrel has quickly become one of my favorite female protagonists in YA. I just admire her so much. Really, I'd say the only thing about this book I really didn't like was Pinto. She's what, seven years old? And she doesn't sound like it at all. I guess it's just one of those cases of adults failing to capture the voices of children, but regardless, I never found myself really invested in her or her character. I'm not really looking forward to the continuation of her story, to be quite honest. From what I remember of the final book, there is some pretty depressing stuff coming. Oh well, time to crack out the tissues. [On a completely unrelated note, I ended up finding a dried leaf tucked between the pages of my slightly battered old copy of this book, which made me smile. It was a lovely little token of the times when I used to press flowers, and then promptly forgot about them. I put the leaf back in the book for me to rediscover later.]

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-22 00:00:00 Brian Bevins I really enjoyed this, and more than the first in the series. It's an engaging, enjoyable and thought-provoking read.