A review by inkstndfngrs
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott

3.0

I'll be really honest. I didn't finish this book. It wasn't because I didn't like it...I blame Karen White as the reader of the audio book edition. ...Okay, and maybe the author, Karen Abbott, a little bit too. I think I would have enjoyed this story better if she had focused on one woman at a time. I realize she was trying to do a narrative and the overlaps of their tales...but oh my god. I ended up really not carrying too much about Belle, Rose, and Elizabeth and really just wanted to here about Emma/Frank. I found her part of the story far more interesting than any of the others. Ironic, given that I had picked it up because of Belle Boyd being a familiar name (she is actually buried in Wisconsin, my home state...I didn't get far enough to see if she actually mentions that or not).

Otherwise, the rest of the story became a giant "TL;DR" for me. I have a hard time focusing on nonfiction anyway (much more of a fantasy reader), but I see why others would really enjoy the book and I will recommend it to others who don't have the same hang-ups that I do.