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kalliegrace's review
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
This kept my heartrate up the entire time, either from thrilling spy work or infuriating workplace sexism. Exciting, informative, and historically detailed, this was excellent.
megank27's review
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
What struck me most was one of the last chapters, where analysts from different eras are trying to understand what the biggest global threat is or was. On that note, I found the more recent history about global terrorism to be more interesting, specifically because that is the threat I grew up hearing about. The earlier chapters about the Cold War were something I’ve only read about, not lived through, so they were a bit harder to get through. I appreciate the style of writing in this book. It is not overly feminist but creates a clear picture of the value of women in the CIA.
kim_kv's review
4.5
Overall really enjoyed this book and learning so much. It was hard to keep track of people sometimes and it was quite long. The chapter titles didn't always make it easy to know the topic at hand. It was great to see some familiar names throughout, it would have been helpful to have sort of Who' Who or key players listed for each chapter, perhaps. The author provided excellent reporting, though, and lots to think about around misogyny, war, and more.
lou_weed's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
badluckkat's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0