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rfwads's review against another edition
What a snoozefest! I honestly dreaded picking this book up every time. I pushed myself to get through over 100 pages, but the story just dragged on and on. The endless introductions of each character felt like a chore—two or more chapters for each character was way too much. I get that character development is important, but this just killed the pace for me. By the time anything started happening, I was so bored that I didn’t even care anymore. It’s rare for me to feel this disconnected from a historical fiction book, but this one just didn’t do it for me.
spacetoread's review against another edition
4.0
wow wow wow wow. 4.5 stars. everything you want a historical fiction novel to be. thrilling, heartfelt, and mainly about brave and badass lady spies. a group of five americans in nazi occupied paris during wwii.
the audiobook is fantastic, narrated by a full cast. despite the large number of characters, it was easy to keep track of the storylines thanks to the narrators and repeating specific details. storytelling overall was perfect.
the audiobook is fantastic, narrated by a full cast. despite the large number of characters, it was easy to keep track of the storylines thanks to the narrators and repeating specific details. storytelling overall was perfect.
sativadomhybrid's review against another edition
3.0
Sometimes we are so faithful in the truth we believe, we cannot conceive of an alternative truth.
craftsbury's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Listened on Audible.
koppelwoman's review against another edition
3.0
3 Stars
I had to lower my rating on this one. Since I finished reading it I’ve realized there are a few problems that are bugging me. Don’t read any further unless you want the spoilers…
First problem- how did the Nazi colonel fake an execution by firing squad???? How is there ZERO explanation on that point?
Second problem- why didn’t the “man in the brown suit” check in on the family of the spy he thought died or do anything at all to see if the spy was still alive when there was even the smallest chance?
Third problem- why did the “man in the brown suit” think these were the five best agents ever? They made some really, really monumentally stupid mistakes and were incredibly lucky in not getting caught a million times before they actually did.
Fourth problem- I find it weird that I understood the motivation of two anti-Hitler Nazis better than I understood the motivation of most of the American spies. Definitely could have used some more development on the Dragonfly team.
I still enjoyed this read, but definitely not one that survives a detailed analysis.
I had to lower my rating on this one. Since I finished reading it I’ve realized there are a few problems that are bugging me. Don’t read any further unless you want the spoilers…
First problem- how did the Nazi colonel fake an execution by firing squad???? How is there ZERO explanation on that point?
Second problem- why didn’t the “man in the brown suit” check in on the family of the spy he thought died or do anything at all to see if the spy was still alive when there was even the smallest chance?
Third problem- why did the “man in the brown suit” think these were the five best agents ever? They made some really, really monumentally stupid mistakes and were incredibly lucky in not getting caught a million times before they actually did.
Fourth problem- I find it weird that I understood the motivation of two anti-Hitler Nazis better than I understood the motivation of most of the American spies. Definitely could have used some more development on the Dragonfly team.
I still enjoyed this read, but definitely not one that survives a detailed analysis.
aj_yogi's review against another edition
There's a lot of characters to keep track of and seemingly not a whole lot happening.
katieraby's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent historical fiction that follows the journey of 4 American spies in France doting WWII.