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squarahreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Violence, Rape, Hate crime, Genocide, Child death, Death, Gun violence, War, Torture, and Death of parent
Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexism
sierrabowers's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Vomit, Violence, War, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Genocide, Grief, Sexual assault, Blood, Cursing, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Torture, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Cancer, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence
cadybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Deportation, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, War, Alcohol, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Blood, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Child death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual content
chandlerkl's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, War, Genocide, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Hate crime, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Suicide
bxnny's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Slavery, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Murder, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Deportation, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Violence, Child death, Death, Genocide, and War
Moderate: Police brutality, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Excrement, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism
emamazee's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Suicide, Child death, Violence, Genocide, Torture, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, War, Gun violence, and Rape
rebecca_bluedragonskeep_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Cancer, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Racism, Physical abuse, Child death, Rape, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, War, and Gun violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Blood, and Torture
pranjuli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Not a big fan of Isabelle - only liked in her in the last leg of the book. Her dialogues and scenes were almost always crassly written. A lot of the things and feelings she had, were only told, not shown.
The tension in the relationship between Isabelle and her father could have been structured much better in the first half of the book. Same goes for Isabelle and Gaetan's relationship. Infact (this might be a controversial opinion), I feel like Gaetan was not needed only in this story. He felt like a plot device and one that could easily have been fulfilled with any other already existing character. In my personal opinion, he brought Isabelle's character down
Isabelle, overall in the first half, was too annoying and desperate and stupid. I know the author wanted to show her 'impetuousness', but she was actually very unlikable in the beginning. Beck deserved better </3 Sophie </3
Also, there were a lot of inconsistencies in the timeline of the girls' early life, their memories of the maman and the first world war. It kept irking me now and again and pulled me out of the scene often.
The book could have done with quite some editing (i feel atleast 50-60 pages could be edited out).
Yet I think this was a good book to read about French women's experience in the war, about a country under occupation during a war, about good men like Beck who were enemies but still good men, to help you think of the countless Nightingales that soared in the skies during the heinous wars fought in Europe at that time, and innumerable times in every corner of the world since time immemorial and their brunts that have been borne by women throughout the entirety of human history.
Graphic: Child death, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Rape, War, Hate crime, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
kaligray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: War, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
Minor: Miscarriage
stephliljazz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I'm going to share some quotes.
"I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us."
"The past has a clearity I can no longer see in the present."
"Does one follow a leader blindly?"
And my favorite.
"Americans. They didn't listen."
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Deportation, Vomit, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Genocide, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and War