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A review by bowienerd_82
Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour by Lynne Olson
4.0
My ability to finish this book was imperiled when my cat, sensing that he was not at that moment the center of my universe, knocked a glass of water over onto it with extreme prejudice.
Thankfully, a couple days near the heating vent with a pile several heavy hardbacks from my to-read list piled on top left it in decent enough shape to finish up (far away from any liquids).
Olson has a nice style, and the book starts and ends well, but there are large swathes of the book that turn into sweeping explanations of what was going on during WWII, rather than focusing on the three characters she chose to frame the book around. It also turned into a little bit of who was sleeping with whom (hard to keep track of at times), which is something I really didn't care about.
But on the whole, an interesting read, and one I'm glad I was finally able to finish.
Thankfully, a couple days near the heating vent with a pile several heavy hardbacks from my to-read list piled on top left it in decent enough shape to finish up (far away from any liquids).
Olson has a nice style, and the book starts and ends well, but there are large swathes of the book that turn into sweeping explanations of what was going on during WWII, rather than focusing on the three characters she chose to frame the book around. It also turned into a little bit of who was sleeping with whom (hard to keep track of at times), which is something I really didn't care about.
But on the whole, an interesting read, and one I'm glad I was finally able to finish.