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A review by trudyd
The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake
5.0
I read a lot of historical fiction with one goal. I am always searching for a deeper understanding of what people experienced during that time period. I want to grasp the horrors, as we all should, as away to make we don't repeat the past. I expect to have times of sadness and disgust.
The Woman with No Name had me in tears. There was so much suffering. There were outbursts of anger. There was so much destruction and violence. I didn't expect to be so captivated by the story. I just wanted to keep reading until I reached the end. When I came to the end, the way she ended the story was ingenious.
Yvonne was a French native stuck in London feeling hopeless. She wanted to do something to help the war but was always told she was too old. Then one day she was contacted by someone from the SOE. She would be able to help France.
The Woman with No Name shares Yvonne's story from her training through the end of the war. She is a very proactive resistance worker. She motivates others to weaken the Germans. Frankly, she was simply brilliant in her efforts. I was impressed with what she could do. She shows us that age doesn't matter. Determination does.
Suspense riddles the story. There is a German determined to capture her. There is another leader that feels threatened by her. She didn't know how to trust. I didn't know who to trust but I couldn't wait to see if my guesses were correct. I was never quite sure what relationships were real and who might turn on the others.
We all know how a WW2 historical fiction ends. The allies win. It is things, like what this story hints at tells the story of how the Allies win. Total respect for all of those that made it possible.
The Woman with No Name had me in tears. There was so much suffering. There were outbursts of anger. There was so much destruction and violence. I didn't expect to be so captivated by the story. I just wanted to keep reading until I reached the end. When I came to the end, the way she ended the story was ingenious.
Yvonne was a French native stuck in London feeling hopeless. She wanted to do something to help the war but was always told she was too old. Then one day she was contacted by someone from the SOE. She would be able to help France.
The Woman with No Name shares Yvonne's story from her training through the end of the war. She is a very proactive resistance worker. She motivates others to weaken the Germans. Frankly, she was simply brilliant in her efforts. I was impressed with what she could do. She shows us that age doesn't matter. Determination does.
Suspense riddles the story. There is a German determined to capture her. There is another leader that feels threatened by her. She didn't know how to trust. I didn't know who to trust but I couldn't wait to see if my guesses were correct. I was never quite sure what relationships were real and who might turn on the others.
We all know how a WW2 historical fiction ends. The allies win. It is things, like what this story hints at tells the story of how the Allies win. Total respect for all of those that made it possible.