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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
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
I enjoyed the story as this piece of history is something I know very little about when it comes to WWII.
However, the writing style of the story is so stilted, it felt like a Stop-and-Go. We would jump from scene to scene so much that it felt like I was reading snippets or excerpts from a book rather than a full-written novel.
However, the writing style of the story is so stilted, it felt like a Stop-and-Go. We would jump from scene to scene so much that it felt like I was reading snippets or excerpts from a book rather than a full-written novel.
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
I was never much interested in reading historical fiction until I picked up my first Heather Morris book, The Tattooist of Auschwitz. The way Morris tells the unbelievable and shocking stories of those who lived through wars I cannot even imagine is moving and relatable. She turns far away stories into ones that feel like they’re in my backyard, happening to people I know.
In Sisters Under the Rising Sun, Morris paints a picture of nurses and mothers and daughters who are going through the unthinkable, all the while being selfless in sharing and caring for others, trying to stay positive with their signing and laughter l… I cannot imagine being in high spirits in the situations depicted in this book. I’m glad the story wasn’t bogged down with filler or backstory, we start the book right in the thick of things and continue to wade through that thickness the entire story. I felt like I was holding my breathe with each page just waiting to see what was coming next.
I combined physical reading with audio and was so glad I did because the singing that was incorporated into the audiobook was both moving and haunting. My favorite part of this book was, as it always is with Morris, is how much care and detail she put into researching to get the stories right. She really does justice to the people who lived these lives and continued to persevere through all life through at them. It was heartbreaking and enlightening, yet still motivating in the way the woman in this story took charge and helped themselves as well as everyone around them.
If Heather Morris wasn’t already an auto buy author for me, this book would’ve made her one. I am always in awe of the spectacular writing, story telling and history that fill her books.
In Sisters Under the Rising Sun, Morris paints a picture of nurses and mothers and daughters who are going through the unthinkable, all the while being selfless in sharing and caring for others, trying to stay positive with their signing and laughter l… I cannot imagine being in high spirits in the situations depicted in this book. I’m glad the story wasn’t bogged down with filler or backstory, we start the book right in the thick of things and continue to wade through that thickness the entire story. I felt like I was holding my breathe with each page just waiting to see what was coming next.
I combined physical reading with audio and was so glad I did because the singing that was incorporated into the audiobook was both moving and haunting. My favorite part of this book was, as it always is with Morris, is how much care and detail she put into researching to get the stories right. She really does justice to the people who lived these lives and continued to persevere through all life through at them. It was heartbreaking and enlightening, yet still motivating in the way the woman in this story took charge and helped themselves as well as everyone around them.
If Heather Morris wasn’t already an auto buy author for me, this book would’ve made her one. I am always in awe of the spectacular writing, story telling and history that fill her books.
Sisters of the Rising Sun is the remarkable true story of a group of Australian nurses captured by the Japanese in WWII. These phenomenal women were held as prisoners of war along many British, Dutch & Australian women and children. Living in inhumane conditions, including (but not only) starvation, dehydration, rat infestation, squalor & disease they were held for three years and seven months.
My great uncle was a POW during this time. Wasting away to literal skin & bones, living off rancid maggot infested rice & unimaginable conditions.
This part of WWII isn’t often talked about. Women POW’s even less so.
Sisters of the Rising Sun honours these lives by telling their story.
This is the story of courageous, resilient, determined & under estimated women. They stood in solidarity, sacrificing their own needs and tirelessly caring for each other.
It was also a story of immense loss, brutality & sadness.
I am humbled by these women.
Thank you NetGalley & St Martin’s press for this ARC for my honest review.
This is a book I would highly recommend.
My great uncle was a POW during this time. Wasting away to literal skin & bones, living off rancid maggot infested rice & unimaginable conditions.
This part of WWII isn’t often talked about. Women POW’s even less so.
Sisters of the Rising Sun honours these lives by telling their story.
This is the story of courageous, resilient, determined & under estimated women. They stood in solidarity, sacrificing their own needs and tirelessly caring for each other.
It was also a story of immense loss, brutality & sadness.
I am humbled by these women.
Thank you NetGalley & St Martin’s press for this ARC for my honest review.
This is a book I would highly recommend.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
These books and this author will just tear out your heart and stomp all over it.
The situations these women went through are horrific.
But they must be known and seen.
They are being repeated right now in Palestine. If nothing else, we can remember them and bear witness to their story.
The situations these women went through are horrific.
But they must be known and seen.
They are being repeated right now in Palestine. If nothing else, we can remember them and bear witness to their story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail