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cgswan's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War
rachbreads's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.75
I thought the concept was really good, and I love that she thought to turn her grandmother's story into a book. The idea of over 600 Australian women bunking on an aircraft carrier to cross the ocean and reunite with their husbands is super interesting and ripe ground for a story.
But the writing was just so messy. The structure was wild - the POV shifts were so rapid and it always took forever to figure out who was talking by which point you'd have to go back and start the section over. The frame narrative was completely unnecessary and introduced yet more characters for us to keep track of that added absolutely nothing to the core story. She would spend paragraphs on the working of the boat but left important characters' stories unfinishedwtf happened to Jean?!? . Really unlikeable characters never grew or changed, they just stayed annoying right to the end *cough* Avice *cough* I just basically skimmed major parts of it and finished the book solely to figure out what happened with Frances.
But the writing was just so messy. The structure was wild - the POV shifts were so rapid and it always took forever to figure out who was talking by which point you'd have to go back and start the section over. The frame narrative was completely unnecessary and introduced yet more characters for us to keep track of that added absolutely nothing to the core story. She would spend paragraphs on the working of the boat but left important characters' stories unfinished
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Rape, and War
Forced prostitution/sexual slavery, rape of an intoxicated underage girlanskutiti's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War
flysick's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment