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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
8 reviews
madamenovelist's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, Excrement, Drug use, Deportation, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Classism, Child death, Biphobia, Ableism, Xenophobia, Racism, War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Chronic illness, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical content, and Gore
Excellent book, but do not read if you’re in a bad headspace. Extremely open and frank about WWII atrocities in France, including critiques of the approach/strategy of Allied forces. It’s very jarring in the last chapter to have a pointedly neutral tone re: CIA & US military activity in the Middle East in more recent years, after no-punches-pulled attitude to all western powers including the US during WWII itself. This inconsistency is the only thing that prevented me from giving it 5 stars.donatio's review
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Deportation
henrismum's review against another edition
3.0
Audiobook (All of my entries on The Story Graph are audiobooks.)
Why I added this book to my TBR pile: I seem to read a lot on the subject of women and spies WWII. This book was probably suggested as a result of those books.
Will I read more by the author or about the subject?
I have at least two more books on this subject in my list - Madame Fourcade's Secret War & They Fought Alone: The True Story of the Starr Brothers, British Secret Agents in Nazi-Occupied France.
The narrator was Juliet Stevenson. She has a pleasant voice, but the British take on the American accent is always funny to me; probably as funny as the American take on the British accent is when the British listen to an American audiobook.
Moderate: Antisemitism, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Genocide, War, and Violence
dukeofkel's review
4.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Violence, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Torture, Deportation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault
breadwitchery's review
4.0
Graphic: War, Death, Violence, and Genocide
Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Ableism, Mental illness, Medical content, and Torture
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Racial slurs
ksuazo94's review
3.0
Graphic: Violence, War, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death
rcsreads's review against another edition
4.5
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Obviously with nazis there are trigger warnings for antisemitism, rape and torture.
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Thoroughly recommended to anyone with an interest in the war or women kicking ass!
Graphic: Torture
Minor: Antisemitism, Racism, and Rape
reviewsandreadathons's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism
Moderate: Misogyny, Chronic illness, and Genocide