Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

3 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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.

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Confinement, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

srm's review

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

This story is utterly fascinating. I get that a lot about Virginia Hall has been classified for a long time, but how is everyone not talking about the 35 year-old female American amputee who was one of the most important spies of WWII? She's amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, and Genocide