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nebraskanwriter's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Misogyny, Gun violence, War, Antisemitism, Blood, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Torture, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Deportation
bgarance's review
4.0
I was most attracted to this book by its resume. It actually made me think: "now this is a movie I want to see!" Keen to discover more about these two extraordinary Germans flying ladies and their rivalry I dived in. It's a very thorough research about their lives, achievements and political points of view during the Second World War. It's therefore very interesting on a historical point of view and very well written. Unfortunately both characters, though extraordinary for their times, remain a bit on the outskirts of everything, due to their gender mostly. As such they make for very good new entry points in a period often studied but almost never through a feminine view; on the other side they tend to be a little disappointing as characters as they're kept on the edge of history no matter how excellent and involved they are in their field.
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