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A review by bionicsarah
Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
4.0
I have read these authors, previous book, the tattooist of Auschwitz, but found that I liked this book far more . The Story tells of a group of women who end up imprisoned by the Japanese after the World War II takeover of Singapore. Some of the women were nurses who were shipwrecked after the shit that they were attempting to flee Singapore and was bombed. The women are a mixture of Australian nurses and some British people.
The majority of the characters in the novel were real people, and this is very strongly felt as you read the story. The individuals feel very real and their situation is very horrific. It’s always difficult telling historical story not to include everything that happened and the author does on occasion fall into this trap, mostly, however, I felt that the dramatise story read smoothly and made a good novel.
I found the actual stories of the women who were dramatised, in the story to be very moving. The author includes these at the end of the novel.
I read an early copy of the novel on NetGalley UK the book is published in the UK on the 28th of September 2023, by Bonnier books, UK
This review will appear on NetGalley, UK, good reads, and my book book, bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com Location. The review will also appear on Amazon, UK.
The majority of the characters in the novel were real people, and this is very strongly felt as you read the story. The individuals feel very real and their situation is very horrific. It’s always difficult telling historical story not to include everything that happened and the author does on occasion fall into this trap, mostly, however, I felt that the dramatise story read smoothly and made a good novel.
I found the actual stories of the women who were dramatised, in the story to be very moving. The author includes these at the end of the novel.
I read an early copy of the novel on NetGalley UK the book is published in the UK on the 28th of September 2023, by Bonnier books, UK
This review will appear on NetGalley, UK, good reads, and my book book, bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com Location. The review will also appear on Amazon, UK.