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Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman

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fivecatsinacoat's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance review copy of this book. All opinions are my own. 

I really enjoyed this book. The pace was fast enough to keep me entertained, but not too heavy that I didn't want to keep coming back. It was such a unique perspective of the war and of Pearl Harbor, not one readers usually encounter. There was strong character development and the relationship between the two main characters developed at a realistic pace -- no "insta-love." 

My two complaints are that there were too many side-plots that made the story a little disjointed (did we really need the plot with the horse?) and I wasn't expecting the Christian content (I'm not religious).

Major CWs: one scene of sexual assault is described, death of father, war trauma, brief Christian themes.

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kris_tea516's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was a great book. It was a slow burn at first but picked up speed as the book progressed. It is a historical fiction and a romance (nothing very spicy) with a bit of mystery thrown in. It follows the events after Pearl Harbor & the women who took over running the radar system around Hawaii once the men who had been trained to run the new technology were needed on the frontline.

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