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bookobsessed1987's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
An inspiring story of two American sisters during WWI. Based on true sisters who made an impact on the war. Such feminine power and resistance. It’s a beautiful story that I was able to visualize from start to end, like a movie in my head. I felt like I was taken to where these sisters were.
dennyhb's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
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
ashc123's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed the story for the most part. The major thing I didn’t like and what pulled me out of the story, was the passage of time in the book. Some chapters had a month and year at the top, which, at first, helped in keeping the pace of time. Then, the last 2 chapters of part one, there must be a typo because the previous chapter was 1916, and then these chapters were 1915. At first I just assumed it should have continued to be 1916. But then part 2 begins, and it says the year is 1918, but there was no way there was a 2 year time jump between the two parts. The story continues hours later, at most a day or two. Somewhere, there had to be a time jump, and then I was going back trying to find it. It completely pulled me out of the story. Between 1916 and 1918 in the book, there’s no clear passage of that much time, or where the time jump should be. But the story itself doesn’t follow that much time passing. I don’t know if this is just some typos in the kindle edition, or if that is how the book was written, but it annoyed me enough to not enjoy the rest of the story as much as I was at the beginning.
mbedrosian's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
ms_aprilvincent's review
3.0
3.5
The stuff about the sisters’ work was interesting. The stuff about their love lives was not.
The stuff about the sisters’ work was interesting. The stuff about their love lives was not.
i_hype_romance's review
4.0
Ruth and Elise have struggled to meet the demands of their father. His expectations of womanhood, and a woman's role in the world, are those of a nurturing homebody with no aspirations outside the domestic sphere.
Edwardian society is unforgiving and it is impossible to weather even the tiniest scandal. When Ruth is inadvertently arrested in the middle of a suffrage protest her father is incensed and she is dismissed from nursing school. Her arrest becomes a window to evaluate what she truly wants from life, and to forge her own path. Her younger sister Elise is trapped and unhappy as well, forever tinkering with their father's automobile, never more content than when she is covered in grease with a wrench in her hand.
Ruth's meeting with a young doctor, and his assurance that her skills will be needed on the battlefield, is serendipitous. She accepts his invitation. The bloody, tragic fields of WWI are the destiny that Ruth and Elise pursue.
Ruth finally has the opportunity to engage in an operating room as more than a nurse, and Elise finds love and purpose as a mechanic for the trucks that ferry supplies and soldiers to and from the front.
Pick up this lovely book if you enjoyed Band of Sisters or Masterpiece Theatre's Crimson Fields, are intrigued by the origin of the suffrage movement in Canada, or want an intriguing glimpse behind the scenes of WWI.
A heartfelt thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.
Edwardian society is unforgiving and it is impossible to weather even the tiniest scandal. When Ruth is inadvertently arrested in the middle of a suffrage protest her father is incensed and she is dismissed from nursing school. Her arrest becomes a window to evaluate what she truly wants from life, and to forge her own path. Her younger sister Elise is trapped and unhappy as well, forever tinkering with their father's automobile, never more content than when she is covered in grease with a wrench in her hand.
Ruth's meeting with a young doctor, and his assurance that her skills will be needed on the battlefield, is serendipitous. She accepts his invitation. The bloody, tragic fields of WWI are the destiny that Ruth and Elise pursue.
Ruth finally has the opportunity to engage in an operating room as more than a nurse, and Elise finds love and purpose as a mechanic for the trucks that ferry supplies and soldiers to and from the front.
Pick up this lovely book if you enjoyed Band of Sisters or Masterpiece Theatre's Crimson Fields, are intrigued by the origin of the suffrage movement in Canada, or want an intriguing glimpse behind the scenes of WWI.
A heartfelt thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.
hannah13's review
4.0
I would say this book was a strong 3.5-4 for me. I was engaged with each sisters storyline’s and the author did not shy away from the true horrors of war….