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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-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:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very interesting topic and view on ww2 you don't hear often. Hearing about Berlin and Paris pre-occupation and right as Hitler and the Nazis were really starting to come into power was enlightening. However it took quite awhile to get going and could've been about 75 pages shorter. There were so many interesting historical facts and really deep moments that were scattered among a lot of details that didn't lend anything to the story.
The jumping around of timelines was pretty hard to follow for awhile but got easier throughout.
The jumping around of timelines was pretty hard to follow for awhile but got easier throughout.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The relevancy of the book burning events and propaganda during WW2 is chilling in relation to the currant climate. Almost cringeably so at times, and also sombering. I wish an awful lot of people would read this right now, and make the connections.
I feel like if I had a picked a book up like this 5 years ago I would think “how sad is HISTORY and the horrors that happened, we need to remember and never repeat”
Reading it today leaves me frustrated and angry that this could be written about the actions of present governments and politicians. It hasn’t been long enough to forget and yet it is all happening again and too many people are choosing to ignore and be apathetic because it allows them to sit in the comfort of their privilege. I wish more people read books like this regularly and applied critical thinking to them and the world around them.
I hope I don’t need to wait another 5 years for the rise of fascism to be squashed back down again and the amount of human rights atrocities to subside, like the span of this novel
Reading it today leaves me frustrated and angry that this could be written about the actions of present governments and politicians. It hasn’t been long enough to forget and yet it is all happening again and too many people are choosing to ignore and be apathetic because it allows them to sit in the comfort of their privilege. I wish more people read books like this regularly and applied critical thinking to them and the world around them.
I hope I don’t need to wait another 5 years for the rise of fascism to be squashed back down again and the amount of human rights atrocities to subside, like the span of this novel
good grief this was boring. And it shouldn't have been. I tried to give it some time to come to a logical theme, but it was very oddly written and not engaging.
Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from Harper Collins via Edelweiss+.
Three women are on a crash course that is going to change their lives forever. American writer Althea James, in Berlin right before the start of the war, Hannah Brecht fleeing refuge to Paris and New York-based Vivian Childs fighting against the censorship plaguing the Armed Services. As the world is changing, these three women are fighting for change of a different kind, to help fight for freedoms and the advancement of everyone.
This was a fascinating book with strong female leadership going against the odds and fighting for what they believed in. The back-and-forth timelines and different viewpoints were hard to keep straight. I liked how this book was based on real-life experiences during the time. It is really inspirational the changes that everyday people can make in the world. Especially, when faced with so much adversity going on in the world.
Three women are on a crash course that is going to change their lives forever. American writer Althea James, in Berlin right before the start of the war, Hannah Brecht fleeing refuge to Paris and New York-based Vivian Childs fighting against the censorship plaguing the Armed Services. As the world is changing, these three women are fighting for change of a different kind, to help fight for freedoms and the advancement of everyone.
This was a fascinating book with strong female leadership going against the odds and fighting for what they believed in. The back-and-forth timelines and different viewpoints were hard to keep straight. I liked how this book was based on real-life experiences during the time. It is really inspirational the changes that everyday people can make in the world. Especially, when faced with so much adversity going on in the world.
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
Yes