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A review by fulltimefiction
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
3.0
The Huntress was definitely an improvement from The Alice Network but it sadly did not impress me even though I liked the general idea of it.
I won’t rewrite the plot since many are already familiar with it and simply summarize my thoughts on it:
- Yet again in this book, there was a character I didn’t care about at all: Nina. The history part of the Night Witches interested me a lot more than the character herself. Sadly, because of this, I didn’t like her chapters and couldn’t connect with her. Which made me lost interest in the historic part because no matter how much I tried, I couldn’t care less.
- The part that interested me the most was the “hunt” of the Huntress. Her identity was never a secret and even though it wasn’t explicitly stated who is she, it’s very easy to know (part of the plot).
- The romance between Nina and Ian wasn’t necessary to me.
- The audiobook was around 20 hours I believe yet it didn’t feel that long like I was worried. While the narration wasn’t memorable, if you’re thinking of listening to the audio, it’s good enough.
- The characters didn’t feel very natural to me except Tony, I liked him.
It was still an interesting story to listen to even if I didn’t love it. This book however made me realize that I need a break from WWII stories because I’ve listened to several recently and I’m just not feeling it anymore. I did like that this was set mostly after the war, however. I won’t be reading the Rose Code soon, maybe someday but not just yet. I will however check Quin’s book set in Italy sometime this year
I won’t rewrite the plot since many are already familiar with it and simply summarize my thoughts on it:
- Yet again in this book, there was a character I didn’t care about at all: Nina. The history part of the Night Witches interested me a lot more than the character herself. Sadly, because of this, I didn’t like her chapters and couldn’t connect with her. Which made me lost interest in the historic part because no matter how much I tried, I couldn’t care less.
- The part that interested me the most was the “hunt” of the Huntress. Her identity was never a secret and even though it wasn’t explicitly stated who is she, it’s very easy to know (part of the plot).
- The romance between Nina and Ian wasn’t necessary to me.
- The audiobook was around 20 hours I believe yet it didn’t feel that long like I was worried. While the narration wasn’t memorable, if you’re thinking of listening to the audio, it’s good enough.
- The characters didn’t feel very natural to me except Tony, I liked him.
It was still an interesting story to listen to even if I didn’t love it. This book however made me realize that I need a break from WWII stories because I’ve listened to several recently and I’m just not feeling it anymore. I did like that this was set mostly after the war, however. I won’t be reading the Rose Code soon, maybe someday but not just yet. I will however check Quin’s book set in Italy sometime this year