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amarreth's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent historical fiction. Excellent YA. Sarah is interesting, infuriating, and incredible. The conceit of a spy in Nazi Germany isn't new, but the narrative felt different in Killeen's hands. Both more raw and languid. Definitely recommend if the time period is of interest, or your enjoy female-fronted spy stories!
kacie_marria's review against another edition
1.0
I didn't finish Orphan Monster Spy because it was just a little weird. I mean, who's going to trust a random stranger who shows up in an alley in the middle of a war in the middle of the night??!!?? Also, the school really bothered me because it one of those things where the adults didn't do anything at all. I just don't like that kind of thing at all because it seems really unrealistic. The book was also just a little too violent for me. I mean, it wasn't actually that bad, but I just didn't want to read about people ripping out hair out of other peoples' heads until their eyes start bleeding, or thinking they accidentally killed someone who was trying to kill them. Idk. I just didn't like that. Finally, there was a creepy music teacher, who was just a little too interested in the girls...
Overall, I just didn't like this book enough to finish it and a lot of it really bugged me.
Overall, I just didn't like this book enough to finish it and a lot of it really bugged me.
sarah_reading_party's review against another edition
4.0
whoa. this was intense!! but in the best of ways. listening to the audiobook was tough at times - the reality of violence, of war, of fighting between jews and nazis and spies... it was crazy, and not always fun. i never knew what was going to happen next but sarah was so strong and brave!! loved her character.
twistedreader93's review against another edition
4.0
Actually a pretty good read I started reading it before I said on goodreada because I wanted to make sure it wasn’t another book I would just stop reading and it actually wasn’t! Really good read
purplejumping's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! I have no words for the thrilling rollercoaster of a plot that I just went through. This book was incredibly captivating. Sometimes it did get too violent, but in retrospect it was perfectly appropriate for the time period.
lenorecanneversleep's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
runningonwords415's review against another edition
3.0
Happy book birthday, "Orphan Monster Spy"!
Thank you to Penguin Random House LLC for an advanced copy of this book!
Sarah, abandoned at a checkpoint in Nazi Germany because her mother was shot and killed (a really thrilling first chapter, I must say), finds refuge with a man she soon refers to as Captain (ORPHAN). In his company, she is able to channel her survival skills in order to help prevent a bomb from destroying most of Europe (SPY). During her mission, however, she is presented with multiple situations that lead her to the verge of dying, and is presented with many life or death choices (MONSTER).
While many chapters had me flipping pages constantly, most of the book drug on for me. The parts I found interesting were often the quickest to be passed over, and I felt many questions were left unanswered - What about Mouse? How did Sarah actually feel toward the Ice Queen? Stern?...hello?? - and the ending was quite abrupt for how much build up there was leading up to it. It was a pleasing read and sparked many questions from students (it's a striking cover), but left much to be desired along the way. It did meet my espionage and thriller quota for the month, though! High marks in those categories, for sure.
Thank you to Penguin Random House LLC for an advanced copy of this book!
Sarah, abandoned at a checkpoint in Nazi Germany because her mother was shot and killed (a really thrilling first chapter, I must say), finds refuge with a man she soon refers to as Captain (ORPHAN). In his company, she is able to channel her survival skills in order to help prevent a bomb from destroying most of Europe (SPY). During her mission, however, she is presented with multiple situations that lead her to the verge of dying, and is presented with many life or death choices (MONSTER).
While many chapters had me flipping pages constantly, most of the book drug on for me. The parts I found interesting were often the quickest to be passed over, and I felt many questions were left unanswered - What about Mouse? How did Sarah actually feel toward the Ice Queen? Stern?...hello?? - and the ending was quite abrupt for how much build up there was leading up to it. It was a pleasing read and sparked many questions from students (it's a striking cover), but left much to be desired along the way. It did meet my espionage and thriller quota for the month, though! High marks in those categories, for sure.
joyousreads132's review against another edition
4.0
This book will have you engrossed from the get go. From the time you realize that Ursula is more than your average teen, she’s already outwitted Nazi soldiers and have found herself working as a spy for the British government. All these at a tender age of 15. And considering her life hasn’t been the easiest and was only going to get worse, Sarah/Ursula is indeed a remarkable young woman.
I supposed a true mark of a legendary spy in the making is one’s ability to quickly overcome emotions to avoid certain death or just even to survive. Ursula passed every single test that came her way. She used her freshman acting abilities to get away from a strange man soon after witnessing her mother’s murder. She then followed her instinct to saved the same man from the soldiers by playing as his daughter.
Captain Floyd easily saw exactly how intelligent, multi-talented, and useful she could be to their cause. And he didn’t hesitate to take advantage of her. Ursula was only too willing to be used as life has left her an orphan without a choice or a future. And that’s how she found herself in a nightmare disguised as a boarding school. It is a boarding school that knows no kindness, just cruelty; gives no education, just Aryan ideology.
But nothing could diminish Ursula’s courage and strenght. Not the tortorous hands of teachers and students alike; not a music teacher whose admiration left her cold. Not even a fellow student’s father who used his own daughter to lure girls like Ursula to drug them and rape them. And not especially when she found out that Captain Floyd knew beforehand just what kind of monsters she had to deal with on her first mission.
This book was difficult to read most of the time. But oh, it’s so good. I couldn’t stop reading. My stomach churned at every turn. But I was glued to the pages because I was wholly vested in what happens to Ursula. I was happy for her when she met Captain Floyd. I thought she was saved. But like Ursula, I was duped. This novel is indeed about monsters. The obvious ones whose cruel intentions are visible, and the ones whose inhumanity is hidden in the facade of kindness.
I supposed a true mark of a legendary spy in the making is one’s ability to quickly overcome emotions to avoid certain death or just even to survive. Ursula passed every single test that came her way. She used her freshman acting abilities to get away from a strange man soon after witnessing her mother’s murder. She then followed her instinct to saved the same man from the soldiers by playing as his daughter.
Captain Floyd easily saw exactly how intelligent, multi-talented, and useful she could be to their cause. And he didn’t hesitate to take advantage of her. Ursula was only too willing to be used as life has left her an orphan without a choice or a future. And that’s how she found herself in a nightmare disguised as a boarding school. It is a boarding school that knows no kindness, just cruelty; gives no education, just Aryan ideology.
But nothing could diminish Ursula’s courage and strenght. Not the tortorous hands of teachers and students alike; not a music teacher whose admiration left her cold. Not even a fellow student’s father who used his own daughter to lure girls like Ursula to drug them and rape them. And not especially when she found out that Captain Floyd knew beforehand just what kind of monsters she had to deal with on her first mission.
This book was difficult to read most of the time. But oh, it’s so good. I couldn’t stop reading. My stomach churned at every turn. But I was glued to the pages because I was wholly vested in what happens to Ursula. I was happy for her when she met Captain Floyd. I thought she was saved. But like Ursula, I was duped. This novel is indeed about monsters. The obvious ones whose cruel intentions are visible, and the ones whose inhumanity is hidden in the facade of kindness.
joaosampaio's review against another edition
4.0
Uma ameaça em grande escala, dois espiões, um enredo cheio de energia e bem desenhado.
Que poderemos encontrar numa escola Hitleriana – Rothenstadt - na Alemanha, em 1934?
Fácil. As raparigas da mais pureza ariana, regras rigidíssimas, o ódio pelo povo judeu, os ensinamentos da cultura germânica, auxiliares corruptos, professores insanos e exigentes, com auxiliares de memória (cajados). Um local que ensina as meninas a serem boas mulheres alemãs, aprendendo músicas em louvor à Alemanha e ao Partido Nacional Socialista. Um típico local para uma lavagem cerebral.
Pois aqui, encontramos a frequentar esta escola uma rapariga judia, Sarah Goldstein, de quinze anos. Colocar esta menina, recentemente órfã, neste ambiente assustador, a tensão torna-se palpável.
Não sendo um livro muito gráfico, os mais sensíveis poderão encontrar algum desconforto em certas descrições. Descrições de violência, comportamentos de antissemitismo e, de um modo mais específico, nos motivos por detrás de um convite de um amável cientista, pai de uma sua colega da escola. Hans Schafer, mais focado na ciência do que nos sonhos de Hitler tem um foco oculto, sombrio.
As habilidades de Sarah enquanto ginasta e atriz, tornam-na especialmente eficaz naquilo que faz.
Durante as suas ações enquanto espia, Sarah tem vislumbres, laivos da sua falecida mãe que a ajudam a ultrapassar os obstáculos e dificuldades com que se vai deparando.
No final do livro, Killeen adicionou uma nota do autor sobre a sua pesquisa. Embora Sarah, o capitão Floyd e a missão de se infiltrar numa escola não fossem verdadeiras, muito do que foi escrito baseou-se na verdade. Escolas como Rothenstadt existiram.
Órfã, Monstro e Espiã é um romance de ficção histórica, tenso, mergulhado num período terrível da história mundial – a II Grande Guerra Mundial.
Com diálogos realísticos e pequenos apontamentos humorísticos, foi uma leitura rápida e muito agradável. Gostei!
Que poderemos encontrar numa escola Hitleriana – Rothenstadt - na Alemanha, em 1934?
Fácil. As raparigas da mais pureza ariana, regras rigidíssimas, o ódio pelo povo judeu, os ensinamentos da cultura germânica, auxiliares corruptos, professores insanos e exigentes, com auxiliares de memória (cajados). Um local que ensina as meninas a serem boas mulheres alemãs, aprendendo músicas em louvor à Alemanha e ao Partido Nacional Socialista. Um típico local para uma lavagem cerebral.
Pois aqui, encontramos a frequentar esta escola uma rapariga judia, Sarah Goldstein, de quinze anos. Colocar esta menina, recentemente órfã, neste ambiente assustador, a tensão torna-se palpável.
Não sendo um livro muito gráfico, os mais sensíveis poderão encontrar algum desconforto em certas descrições. Descrições de violência, comportamentos de antissemitismo e, de um modo mais específico, nos motivos por detrás de um convite de um amável cientista, pai de uma sua colega da escola. Hans Schafer, mais focado na ciência do que nos sonhos de Hitler tem um foco oculto, sombrio.
As habilidades de Sarah enquanto ginasta e atriz, tornam-na especialmente eficaz naquilo que faz.
Durante as suas ações enquanto espia, Sarah tem vislumbres, laivos da sua falecida mãe que a ajudam a ultrapassar os obstáculos e dificuldades com que se vai deparando.
No final do livro, Killeen adicionou uma nota do autor sobre a sua pesquisa. Embora Sarah, o capitão Floyd e a missão de se infiltrar numa escola não fossem verdadeiras, muito do que foi escrito baseou-se na verdade. Escolas como Rothenstadt existiram.
Órfã, Monstro e Espiã é um romance de ficção histórica, tenso, mergulhado num período terrível da história mundial – a II Grande Guerra Mundial.
Com diálogos realísticos e pequenos apontamentos humorísticos, foi uma leitura rápida e muito agradável. Gostei!