Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
THE FEELS are so overwhelming. This book was madness and completely unlike anything I've read before. I honestly feel like this should be in the adult section to get more adults to read it because I really think they would appreciate it more than teens. If you're looking for a historical fiction book about women in WWII you should pick this one up. A pilot and a spy that are best friends. Gah, fantastic.
Well, that was depressing.
I hate WWII stories. The entire thing was horrific and I hate knowing that it actually happened, that people were that fucked up. Also becasue there are very few happy endings in WWII stories...and this story isn't an exception.
In a nutshell, the story is about a spy who is captured by Nazis and is tasked with writing her story down so they can glean information from it. They indulge her and let her write it like she's writing a novel. She writes from the pov of her pilot friend. She also makes it seem as though she's given in to torture and has betrayed her mission and has given secrets to the Nazis. Then, ~60% in, it switches to the pilot's writings--she's hiding away in France and orchestrates a way to save her spy friend. Only, the plan goes awry and she ends up shooting her friend dead.
Uhh.
That's my main problem with the book--the pilot and her rebel friends intercepted the prison bus that the spy was on, but somehow they fucked it up and couldn't save the prisoners. Then, when they are about to maim the spy (presumably), the spy shouts something to signal the pilot, and the pilot shoots her. It's sad, i guess, but also unnecessary--why did the spy want to die now, after everything she's been through? It made no sense. I'm fine with the spy dying (makes for a much sadder story), I just think there could have been a more believable way to do it...
Honestly, it was a pretty good book other than that. It just wasn't my type of thing, so it gets the very average rating of 3 stars.
I hate WWII stories. The entire thing was horrific and I hate knowing that it actually happened, that people were that fucked up. Also becasue there are very few happy endings in WWII stories...and this story isn't an exception.
In a nutshell, the story is about a spy who is captured by Nazis and is tasked with writing her story down so they can glean information from it. They indulge her and let her write it like she's writing a novel. She writes from the pov of her pilot friend. She also makes it seem as though she's given in to torture and has betrayed her mission and has given secrets to the Nazis. Then, ~60% in, it switches to the pilot's writings--she's hiding away in France and orchestrates a way to save her spy friend. Only, the plan goes awry and she ends up shooting her friend dead.
Uhh.
That's my main problem with the book--the pilot and her rebel friends intercepted the prison bus that the spy was on, but somehow they fucked it up and couldn't save the prisoners. Then, when they are about to maim the spy (presumably), the spy shouts something to signal the pilot, and the pilot shoots her. It's sad, i guess, but also unnecessary--why did the spy want to die now, after everything she's been through? It made no sense. I'm fine with the spy dying (makes for a much sadder story), I just think there could have been a more believable way to do it...
Honestly, it was a pretty good book other than that. It just wasn't my type of thing, so it gets the very average rating of 3 stars.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So good!! It's been about 3 or 4 years since I read it and the memory still strikes me powerfully. Read this book!!
It was okay. At page 250 or so some cool things happened, and then it got boring again. Then there was this cool part at like, page 295, then it was boring again.
I can see why people would like it, and it's not a bad book, just not my personal thing. THERE WAS SO MUCH ABOUT PLANES AND PLANE FLYING AND PLANE TECHNICALITIES and it was boring to me for that reason.
I can see why people would like it, and it's not a bad book, just not my personal thing. THERE WAS SO MUCH ABOUT PLANES AND PLANE FLYING AND PLANE TECHNICALITIES and it was boring to me for that reason.
The style of this book, especially the first half, is very strange so it was difficult to get into at first but once I did I really liked it. I definitely grew attached to the characters and their struggles and was heartbroken by the end.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
SAD AND GAY. this novel killed my crops and ruined me financially
Not for me. I could tell the author had an interest in piloting, as much of the story was lost in the minutiae of planes and airfields. I have ZERO interest in aviation and most of these details served no purpose in regard to the actual plot. I wanted the initial struggle of the first 200 pages to pay off, and it did, but not enough to afford hours of joyless reading. MEH.