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sincerelyme_dani's review against another edition
4.0
More romance and less history than I usually prefer, but a well-crafted story that kept me reading 'til the very last word.
juliepe33's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
beachbookbabe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
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
3.75
bibliopage's review against another edition
5.0
A soaring debut about friendship and flying! I love fiction set during WWII and this novel helped highlight the heroism of the women aviatrices in the Women Airforce Service Pilots program. I will be eagerly awaiting Salazar's next book!
alliepeduto's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this so much. It broke my heart but mended it again, and it so beautifully captured the enduring spirit of love. I can’t imagine going through what these women did, but through this book I glimpsed a little bit of that history.
I first heard of the WASP program in another fiction book, The Calculating Stars (which I HIGHLY recommend), so I was thrilled to find a book that explored more of that history. I’m endlessly fascinated by women air pioneers, probably because they paved the way for other women I admire.
I’ll take a moment here to mention my favorite living female pilot, Beverly Bass. She was the first female captain for American Airlines and made headlines in the 1980s for captaining an all female crew. She was one of the pilots that had to divert to Gander when the US airspace was shut down following the attacks on 9/11, and she’s featured with her own song (Me and the Sky) in the astoundingly good musical, Come From Away.
All this to say, I love badass women who don’t take shit from anyone. I especially love ones who take to the air, since I’ve always been a nervous flyer and to do that every day for a job is something I admire the hell out of. And I love the real life historical women who paved that way for all those to come, from the Russian Night Witches in WWII (another fantastic group I learned from another book, The Huntress), to the American WASPs, and to the modern flight captains today in our military service and those flying commercially, like Beverly. Thank you to all those women, and may no one keep you grounded.
I first heard of the WASP program in another fiction book, The Calculating Stars (which I HIGHLY recommend), so I was thrilled to find a book that explored more of that history. I’m endlessly fascinated by women air pioneers, probably because they paved the way for other women I admire.
I’ll take a moment here to mention my favorite living female pilot, Beverly Bass. She was the first female captain for American Airlines and made headlines in the 1980s for captaining an all female crew. She was one of the pilots that had to divert to Gander when the US airspace was shut down following the attacks on 9/11, and she’s featured with her own song (Me and the Sky) in the astoundingly good musical, Come From Away.
All this to say, I love badass women who don’t take shit from anyone. I especially love ones who take to the air, since I’ve always been a nervous flyer and to do that every day for a job is something I admire the hell out of. And I love the real life historical women who paved that way for all those to come, from the Russian Night Witches in WWII (another fantastic group I learned from another book, The Huntress), to the American WASPs, and to the modern flight captains today in our military service and those flying commercially, like Beverly. Thank you to all those women, and may no one keep you grounded.
jessicacarolee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
anniemd's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
kcoccia's review against another edition
4.0
This book was great! It was much better than I was expecting honestly. I need to read more historical fiction about WW2. I really love it.
shoshin's review against another edition
The love story plot line was just painful (I generally don't have much patience for them, so that could be me, not the author). I was thinking perhaps this would be a book where the man dies in service to the woman's plot, which would at least be novel and a reversal of killing off women characters in service of a man's plot, but no. Lost patience when Lt Hart failed to die in the Pearl Harbor attack.Â