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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
I told by three women. One is in current time in Paris named Aurelia. She just inherited her grandmother's apartment. It seems like her granddaughter has not been in this planet since 1943 there are lots of paintings and clothes and a secret area. There are more paintings and a bed in the secret room. At first she thought her grandmother was a nosy collaborator then realizes that she was actually hiding things from the Nazis. She enlists the help of an artist and curator. She chose this man because his name appears on a painting in the secret room. The man recognizes the painting because it is of his family house in England and was painted by his grandfather. Along with the paintings are pictures of his great aunt Sophie who supposedly died in Warsaw in 1939 but the photographs are dated 1943. The story flips to her grandmother Estelle and she is a single woman who is in the French Resistance. She hides English and American pilots who come down in France. Then her best friend who lives across the hall is taken because she is Jewish. Her niece, Aviva goes to live with Estelle in the secret room. Estelle falls in love with a member of the resistance Jerome. Then one day Jerome is taken by the police. Estelle was there to meet Sophie who is a secret agent was trying to get information about an encoding machine. Sophie and Estelle witness Jerome being taken by the police and help the American pilot that Jerome was trying to save. Sophie also agrees to get Aviva out of the country. Then Sophie missile team up to go to the Ritz and get information on the encoding machine. They are discovered there and so Sophie lets herself be captured Estelle take the information and escapes. You believe that Sophie dies because the Gestapo torture. Estelle goes to England and trains other secret agents. She eventually goes to see Sophie's brother who is the grandfather of the art curator. She tells him that so he was her savior. However the grandfather was using morphine and sort of out of it. And the current time Aurelia and the art curator get together and she convinces him to put his art on display. A really great story that sucks you in. The twists between time and people always leave you wanting more.
I did enjoy this historical fiction novel that jumps between present time and World War II France. I the afterword the author provided to explain true stories that inspired her development of the book.
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A unique, refreshing story on the women of war.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
hopeful
informative
sad
fast-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:
No
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
I couldn’t put this book down. I looked forward to having time to read it and it’s always a treat when you come across a book like that.
