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The War Girls by V.S. Alexander

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heidirgorecki's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

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

3.0

The information and description in the book was well portrayed and thoughtfully laid out. The Warsaw Ghetto has been written about a number of times, but there were things like the bath house event, the in-ghetto soup kitchen, and other things I had not previously read about.

The book overall though, was really slow, and I felt a bit disconnected from it. It seemed more to revolve around events with the characters in the moment and then advance later to another event without any connection or bridge in between to show how the characters felt or grew or changed since. There just wasn’t much character development I felt like, so it was more like watching things happen from the outside rather than being invited to walk with the characters.

I liked the information and how well it conveyed the atrocities of Warsaw under the Nazi’s, but it wasn’t one I felt invested in or connected to.

sharkyray's review

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dark emotional sad slow-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

4.5

Was quite a slow start but did pick up somewhat. Sometimes the perspective changes could have used a header or something. It could be hard to pickup right away who the point of view was

ketbartlett's review

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3.0

The story moved so slowly. The interesting parts were the actual history of the Warsaw ghetto. I think most would be better served by reading a non-fiction history than this very slow and incredibly hard to get into book.

readwithash's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense

3.75

agustinap's review

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3.0

This is the first V.S. Alexander book I have ever read so I didn't know what to expect. The storyline was good, it the end I was pretty caught up into it. However, it seemed a little slow and at the beginning I was confused who was who and at times who was talking, maybe this was just the result of an audiobook.

chevy47's review

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adventurous medium-paced

4.0

Diep droevig verhaal waarin de waanzin duidelijk naar voren komt. Wat een hel en hoe dapper waren degenen die, hoe klein ook, weerstand boden.

Wederom bevestiging hoe moeilijk het was voor niet Joden om Joden te helpen. Ook bevestiging van de vreselijke Warsaw ghetto. De uitzichtloosheid…