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lduran39 's review for:
Code Name Badass: The True Story Of Virginia Hall
by Heather Demetrios
Three stars because of the subject of the book. I am fascinated by women who contributed to Allied efforts in WW2. However, with that being said, I could not recommend this particular book to anyone, even to teenagers for whom it is written. I read this as part of a book club activity so because of that I wanted to actually finish it, otherwise I would have given up.
Dindy is a fascinating and strong woman, she is a natural target for a biography. However, the author's prose is dreadful. She writes in teenage vernacular that comes across too much like a "How do you do fellow kids?" adult rather than introducing teenagers to a pretty badass lady. When the synopsis talks about her outwitting the Butcher of Lyon, you would think that game of cat and mouse would be more a part of the central story. But instead, the author chooses to shoehorn "Down with the patriarchy!" in every chance she gets and her political views shine brightly on more than one occasion. I'm sorry, good for you for having beliefs, but I am not interested in YOU I am interested in Dindy. There was also too much supposition happening, though that is pretty understandable given how much info is redacted.
Overall, I might try to find another biography of Virginia Hal, if one exists, to get the bad taste of this book out of my mouth,.
Dindy is a fascinating and strong woman, she is a natural target for a biography. However, the author's prose is dreadful. She writes in teenage vernacular that comes across too much like a "How do you do fellow kids?" adult rather than introducing teenagers to a pretty badass lady. When the synopsis talks about her outwitting the Butcher of Lyon, you would think that game of cat and mouse would be more a part of the central story. But instead, the author chooses to shoehorn "Down with the patriarchy!" in every chance she gets and her political views shine brightly on more than one occasion. I'm sorry, good for you for having beliefs, but I am not interested in YOU I am interested in Dindy. There was also too much supposition happening, though that is pretty understandable given how much info is redacted.
Overall, I might try to find another biography of Virginia Hal, if one exists, to get the bad taste of this book out of my mouth,.