Reviews - The Goddess of Warsaw

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501 reviews for:

The Goddess of Warsaw

Lisa Barr

4.24 AVERAGE

linds_porter's review

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

meo's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

lauren_lovestoread's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Beautiful and absolutely devastating

Content Warnings

monika_reads's review against another edition

3.0

This book had all the elements of intrigue and anxious anticipation that a good war novel should have, but I really struggled to connect with the main character. She was so cold and harsh, and that made it difficult for me to stay fully immersed in her story. I did learn a lot about aspects of the war that I hadn’t known, and appreciated a new side to history that I had not read about before.

bluryeyed2's review

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

margothmmohajir's review

5.0

emotional inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

rnjana's review

4.5

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

hayleym24's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think this book is going to stick with me for quite awhile! It's told from Lena's POV of her entire life's story to a woman who is making a movie of her life. It is separated into three sections with each section being a different time in her life. She was originally Bina, a young jewish woman who just happened to look Aryan and used her looks to help with the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto. In order to save others, we becomes and spy and assassin. After the war, she ends up in Hollywood with a different name and becomes a famous actress known for being a femme fatale. The book tells the true story of her life instead of the facade she puts forward and her continuous mission for justice against the Nazis. Her story kept me hooked right from the beginning. The ending was also perfect. It's going to be hard for any other books to come close to this one this year! An amazing historical thriller.

heatherw25's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

sarahbeth621's review

4.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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