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A review by spaceonthebookcase
Ace, Marvel, Spy by Jenni L. Walsh
3.0
Ace, Marvel, Spy is based on the real life tennis champion Alice Marble. From meeting her coach for the first time to be incorrectly diagnosed with TB, winning tennis championships across the country and abroad, to meeting a man and falling in love to doing it again, before becoming a spy for the United States government during World War II; Alice didn't lead a quiet life.
While the story surrounding Alice Marble was interesting, I felt the writing style was very choppy. This isn't the first Jenni L. Walsh book I've read, but this was the first time where I felt the flashbacks harmed the flow of the story. Jumping from finding out about Joe and then immediately flashing back to when she was 20 was really jarring. I had to go back to make sure I didn't miss something. Also, the spy stuff really wasn't a central piece of the story and felt like an afterthought.
While I'm still a fan of the authors this was more miss than hit for me; I thought she wrote the tennis stuff well though, and I am someone who finds tennis to be fairly boring.
Thank you Harper Muse for the gifted ARC.
***50 States Challenge: California
While the story surrounding Alice Marble was interesting, I felt the writing style was very choppy. This isn't the first Jenni L. Walsh book I've read, but this was the first time where I felt the flashbacks harmed the flow of the story. Jumping from finding out about Joe and then immediately flashing back to when she was 20 was really jarring. I had to go back to make sure I didn't miss something. Also, the spy stuff really wasn't a central piece of the story and felt like an afterthought.
While I'm still a fan of the authors this was more miss than hit for me; I thought she wrote the tennis stuff well though, and I am someone who finds tennis to be fairly boring.
Thank you Harper Muse for the gifted ARC.
***50 States Challenge: California