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The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray

4 reviews

karingforbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Loved following three women in different eras but same physical location. I loved how the author showed the strength of all three in difficult circumstances and why they did what they did. The historical context and atmosphere is well done and all three women have distinct voices. Loved Bea’s hats and the development of her story. It was so cool to learn about Adrienne Lafayette; we don’t hear enough about her independently from Lafayette. And marthe was so relatable. This book address grief brilliantly in all three storylines. I loved it.
It is wwii, so please be cognizant of that going in. There are discussions of brutality and genocide.

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toriwatson's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This book started out pretty strong for me, I was really enjoying the writing and the 3 timelines- it was just too long…

In some ways, I wish that I could have 3 different novels focusing solely on each narrative, as I found the jumping from each perspective wasn’t ideal for my reading style. The author was really ambitious to weave the 3 timelines together and it did work in many ways, but I think each narrative would be better served by their own novel? This novel was so well researched and it shows in the author’s notes and character/world immersion. I really loved Adrienne’s narrative and would love to read more about her and the Lafayettes’ moving forward. Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres to read since it can bring history alive and the potential to learn something new is there, which was delivered upon in this novel as I learned more about the Lafayette and Chanler/Astor families.

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emily_brooke_oh's review

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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jashanac's review

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad 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

5.0

I loved essentially everything about this. The only thing it was really missing for me is a really notable authorial voice/writing style. There were some awesome lines that I tabbed, but more for the profound thoughts than how the sentences were written/worded. But still, I loved it.

These women, though... incredible. It was so fun seeing the familiar names in the different time periods and how these three women all tied together. I love stories of unsung heroes throughout history, and the ways that these women helped shape the world... it was just so awesome to see and to get to know them and their stories.

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