Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

This book was by far the hardest one to get through so far. I was hesitant to start it and once I did, I wasn't interested at all. It was a very hard book to get into. The plot of the story was extremely slow. Even though Emma and Charles met early in the book, the author seemed to drag out the connection they had, thus the purpose of this book. I think this part of the book will turn YAs away from this book. In my opinion, this book did not meet the criteria of a YA book. I am not a fan of biographies and this negative attitude might make me more biased against this book, but in general I do not think teenagers will be drawn to this book. This book seems to me to peak more of an interest in adults.
I was familiar with Charles Darwin before I began the book, but did learn alot more about him through this book. I can't imagine having to go through what he and Emma had to go through in their lives. They both had to be head over heels in love with each other to be able to overcome such differences. The parts of the book when their children died showed their love the most. I couldn't imagine being married to a man who didn't think that my child would go to heaven and still love him! WOW! That Emma was a stong woman.
I think this book could be considered controversial to some people. I like how the author wrote about a different part of the scientist, Charles Darwin's life. It shows a different side to him that most people had no clue about.