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tiarala's review against another edition
5.0
War stories, when told by women on the front lines, have an entirely different tone than those told by men. Powerful and important, this collection of stories is not an easy read but it’s heartbreaking and inspiring the lengths they went to fight the fascists. Never underestimate the will to survive.
poppymonster's review against another edition
5.0
This book was such a terrible and beautiful look into the minds of hundreds of women who served in the Red Army during WW2. I did the audiobook edition and the narrators were absolutely spectacular.
I had to take breaks over the 5 days I read it because it was the unfiltered realities of war and is hard to learn. In the US, we barely learn about the large part the Soviet Union played in the war, let alone what it was like to be in their military - especially as a woman. Especially because the US is STILL getting pushback on women being in the military. Yet women were on the front lines in the Red Army in 1941.
Highly recommend!
I had to take breaks over the 5 days I read it because it was the unfiltered realities of war and is hard to learn. In the US, we barely learn about the large part the Soviet Union played in the war, let alone what it was like to be in their military - especially as a woman. Especially because the US is STILL getting pushback on women being in the military. Yet women were on the front lines in the Red Army in 1941.
Highly recommend!
cel_red's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Tomó un largo tiempo, pero por fin lo acabé.
Me fue complicado de leer por el tema. Quería saber más pero al mismo tiempo no.
Me fue complicado de leer por el tema. Quería saber más pero al mismo tiempo no.
linearbobo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
elizalavenza's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
hieronymusbotched's review against another edition
5.0
There are no words. This should be read by anyone and everyone. High risk of getting glassy-eyed every other page.
Going to return to this again and again throughout my life.
Going to return to this again and again throughout my life.
brisamar's review against another edition
5.0
Libro muy necesario, conocí muchas cosas, hay testimonios desgarradores y otros más relajados pero en general el libro es brutal. Como para convertirse en un activista antibélico de por vida.
chicokc's review against another edition
5.0
En este libro recoje vivencias directas de las participantes en la segunda guerra mundial. El sufrimiento vivido, el miedo, la valentía, el furor, la bravura, la entereza, el cariño, el aprecio, la compasión, todo lo recogió Svetlana y por mas de 20 años lo mantuvo oculto (por cuestiones de censura).