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The Huntress by Kate Quinn

16 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I love Kate Quinn. She is an auto-buy author of mine whenever a new World War story is told. I don’t know that The Huntress needed so many perspectives or so much time jumping. But the story is fun. It is always exciting to read about history through the lens of feminism. I also appreciate Quinn’s acknowledgement of queer identities throughout history, it can’t be true unless everyone is included. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

bouebooks's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Antisemitism, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

tiggagirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

A knockout story! WWII history (especially German history) is high in my wheelhouse and this one is truly driven by the tales of the women characters giving a unique perspective from many other historical fics set in this time. Despite suspecting a major character's hidden secret, I was in no way disappointed by how it all unfolded. Nina Markova is marvelous from her early beginnings in the Siberian cold to embodying a true Rusalka through to the end. She was my absolute favourite character.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

madsmcw_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Kate Quinn is an absolutely masterful storyteller. They way she weaves together multiple POVs and storylines and has them all come together in the end is just so we'll done and everything comes together seamlessly at the end.

The cast of characters she brought together was amazing. They each were such strong characters and had incredible development. I love how Quinn starts with a group of people who are so different and don't make sense and by the end of it all they've made their own family together.

As far as historical fiction goes, WWII has been covered about a million times. I liked that this one explored sides of it that I'd never really read about before: the night witches and tracking down war criminals after the fact. These plots were so intriguing and made you want to keep reading to find out what was going on.

This is only my second Kate Quinn book, but I'm thoroughly convinced she can do no wrong. If you love historical fiction you've got to pick up one of her books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt

sarah984's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wound up liking this book a lot more by the end than I had expected at the beginning. 

The history of the war and what comes after it feels well-researched and alive, but the story of Nina growing up in Siberia is stereotypical and ridiculous. Way too much.

Most of the characters were great, interesting and internally coherent - they felt like they could be real people. Jordan's parts of the story dragged for me though since they followed the same cycle for so long: Jordan sees something suspicious, freaks out about it, then convinces herself it's nothing for more than half the book. It's realistic but it could definitely have been toned down without losing anything important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism