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jgintrovertedreader's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book! The characters were great and it was easy to get lost in their lives. The only thing that I had a little bit of a hard time with was placing which character this chapter was about. But, luckily, each chapter also clearly had a heading that this was about Daniel, for instance. I would think for a split second and come up with, "Okay, Daniel. He's the code guy." But it was a great big novel that made me think about these men and women of the "greatest generation" and how they really deserve that title.
smellslikecake's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
3.0
mawalker1962's review against another edition
5.0
A marvel. How did she craft these ten different characters so fully and so well and sustain their stories over the sweep of the book? I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t even know Piercy was a novelist as well as a poet until this book came through my BookBub feed.
evelikesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
I read this many years ago so I don't remember a whole lot. I liked it. I think it had lesbians?
slc54hiwi's review against another edition
3.0
A long book and a bit confusing for the first 100-200 pages as you're learning about the main characters. Nonetheless, it's an interesting take on WW II with a close & fairly accurate look at the home front as things played out in Detroit, MI. Considering that the author consulted extensively with late Howard Zinn, the people's historian, it's not surprising that we get more than a Life magazine view of the home front, wartime production lines, and who benefitted (or not) from the employment opportunities. The author's treatment of the French Resistance, Vichy regime, and of course the Shoah are nothing new but are fairly well done. Have to agree with another reviewer that the male character who served as a Marine grunt in the Pacific front must have had nine lives, given how many of the critical battles & campaigns he got through between 1942 & 1945!
marie_gg's review against another edition
5.0
This novel made a deep impression on me when I read it. I loved the way Piercy explored the lives of people all over the world, facing different facets of the war at the same time. It was this story that first introduced me to the French resistance (history education in the U.S. is sorely lacking!!). I highly recommend this book, and I think I had better go back and read it again myself!
cosmos284's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book! I read it many years ago and as I re-read it I realized I had no recollection of the plot, so it was like reading for the first time. I liked the feminist viewpoint, and the ensemble of characters kept the long book fresh.
avidreader79's review against another edition
informative
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? No
5.0