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The Atomic City Girls
by Janet Beard
I received this book from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers in exchange for an honest review.
Unfortunately, I found this book to be very lacking. First off, its title is extremely misleading and is clearly trying to ride the coattails of Denise Kiernan's earlier nonfiction book covering the same events.
Also, there are 4 perspectives and 2 are male--not great for a book allegedly about women. The two women are both heavily reliant on men--Cici is a gold-digger and June has little self-confidence throughout the book. The two women also hate each other through most of the book. I would have preferred a book showing their friendship or June gaining self-confidence through her own initiative. Sam could have been written out entirely in my opinion.
I liked Joe and his storyline though the blurb made it sound like he was going to have a much bigger role. I also would have loved to see Shirley's perspective.
Overall, I found this to be a totally average work of historical fiction. I didn't love it or hate it and I didn't find it particularly memorable.
Unfortunately, I found this book to be very lacking. First off, its title is extremely misleading and is clearly trying to ride the coattails of Denise Kiernan's earlier nonfiction book covering the same events.
Also, there are 4 perspectives and 2 are male--not great for a book allegedly about women. The two women are both heavily reliant on men--Cici is a gold-digger and June has little self-confidence throughout the book. The two women also hate each other through most of the book. I would have preferred a book showing their friendship or June gaining self-confidence through her own initiative. Sam could have been written out entirely in my opinion.
I liked Joe and his storyline though the blurb made it sound like he was going to have a much bigger role. I also would have loved to see Shirley's perspective.
Overall, I found this to be a totally average work of historical fiction. I didn't love it or hate it and I didn't find it particularly memorable.