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apuzzledbooklover's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Torture, Violence, and War
evawondergem's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Torture, Vomit, and Antisemitism
boiler_bookworm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture and War
Minor: Sexual assault
ecostanzo's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Remarkable heroin with some really gruesome and dark torture war scenes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
madsmcw_reads's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
rachel_macak's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Torture, Antisemitism, and War
caityy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, and War
Moderate: Torture
thealmightykatt's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, and War
Moderate: Torture and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death
hannaws's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Love is a choice. It is the active choosing of good for another person. But like? It is a gift and it cannot be forced.
As a very first thing I would like to establish the fact that I did not know anything about Nancy Wake before reading this book. I will say that it is a huge hole in my knowledge about history and I will go on and study about her as much as I can because this is a woman with capital W.
I never really know how to review historical fiction. It is about someone's life in the end. And it always feels like I am kind of judging how someone lead their life back in the days. YES, I am very well aware that this is historical fiction but there is always the seed of truth there, you know.
Anyway, back to the actual book at hand here. I really liked this one! Not much of a surprise since I did like Lawhon's other historical fiction as well. But what made me lower the rating with half a star was the way this book is written. I am really not a fan of a book that keeps on jumping back and forth in time. I just can't keep up with the dates and times in these cases and sometimes it causes a confusion. It was no different with this one. I could not keep up with the constant change of timelines. Especially when you throw in Nancy's different aliases. So you're trying to keep track of the months and years and also about the personalities.
As the story went on, it did become a little easier when you have actually got to know all the different personalities. So it was a lot easier to know when and where you were. But I will not lie, I did sometimes have to go back and check where and who we were at the time.
But I did like the writing otherwise. And the book in general. I loved all the characters (well duh, those all are real people, well most of them) as well and this does get very emotional at times! With this book it did get even more emotional, knowing that these horrors really were their reality for a long time. These things really happened.
All the back and forth jumping does keep you on your toes though. You never know how one storyline continues before you have finished reading the other one.
I feel like this whole review is one back and forth mindless jumping. I'm tired and it is hard to keep a hold on my thoughts.
But all in all I really enjoyed this book! The characters and story itself is well written and it does hit you in the feels. It is horrible, sad but also sometimes quite happy and funny. As is life, right?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Rape
candiabell's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War