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Traitor
by
Sandra Grey
The story is set in World War II. A woman goes to join her fiancé in the war torn France when she is captured by the enemy.
Paperback, 372 pages
Published
January 2nd 2008
by Covenant Communications
(first published January 1st 2008)
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Great book. A LDS romance novel set during World War II. I really like Sandra Grey's style of writing. She is able to describe tastes and feelings and weather and so many other thigs so well that you can really imagine them. I want to read more of her books.
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Nov 26, 2008
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I really enjoyed this book and thought that she did a good job with her research and using that along with her story line.
This book kept me very interested. I didn't want to put it down because I had to know what was happening next. I love the way the relationship between Marie and Rolf evolved.
I personally know the author and so when I got to the end and she left us hanging, I called her up and visited with her about it. She did give a Prologue for her next book but I thought she still left us...more
This book kept me very interested. I didn't want to put it down because I had to know what was happening next. I love the way the relationship between Marie and Rolf evolved.
I personally know the author and so when I got to the end and she left us hanging, I called her up and visited with her about it. She did give a Prologue for her next book but I thought she still left us...more
So I usually avoid books from this Historical Event (World War 2). I find it extremely heart breaking to read about the struggles and deaths of so many innocent people. However, I really enjoyed the view point of this book and the struggle of a soldier that fought for an injust cause only to save the lives to the people he loved. The moral dilemma and the faith that drove him to save the lives of hundreds of innocent people. A very good book and I will anxiously await for the release of the seco...more
I loved, loved this book. The story is set in World War II. A women goes to join her fiance in the war torn France when she is captured by the enemy.
This story is about romance, history, religion and the struggle between yourself to serve your country and your inner-self.
I couldn't put this book down. I can't wait until the second book comes out later this year.
I am giving this book five stars. I would highly recommend the book to people who love romance books with a little bit of history.
This story is about romance, history, religion and the struggle between yourself to serve your country and your inner-self.
I couldn't put this book down. I can't wait until the second book comes out later this year.
I am giving this book five stars. I would highly recommend the book to people who love romance books with a little bit of history.
I have to give this book a mixed review. The story itself is worthy of plaudits. The way the author constantly inserted lengthy Mormon prayers to an unknown audience was not. On the back cover of the book there was no reference whatsoever to the fact that this book had LDS overtones. If it had, I probably would not have purchased it.
The story goes back to World World II, just prior to the Allied invasion. A French/American lady (a Mormon), trained to be a coder, parachutes into southern France t...more
The story goes back to World World II, just prior to the Allied invasion. A French/American lady (a Mormon), trained to be a coder, parachutes into southern France t...more
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If you can accept the truly incredible premise of this novel--that an American girl who speaks perfect French would be allowed by the British Special Operations Executive to parachute into Nazi-occupied France to work with her fiance, a member of the French Resistance (they met when he was her French literature teacher at BYU)--oh, and perform a little secret mission on the side--then you can enjoy this better-written-than-most-LDS-fiction novel. And I did. The reader has to suspend disbelief in...more
(Genre:LDS Fiction/romance) 3.5 stars. This was actually a better book (I listened to it on CD) than I was expecting. When the back cover talks about a young 23 year old LDS woman parachuting into France during WWII to be with her fiance (and do some undercover work for the Allies), my brain suspended most rational thought and my eyes glazed over a bit. But despite the unlikely premise, I did enjoy the story and will be listening to the next book since this one ends with a cliffhanger.
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This was a REALLY good book. I learned a lot from it.
World War II setting, touches on the horrors of life in the Jewish extermination camps. An active Christian man on one side of the line, and an active Christian woman on the other.... if we all recognized who we REALLY are inside, would we be fighting & killing each other?
Can't really say much, don't want to spoil it. Action, tense at times.
The ending leads to a sequel.
World War II setting, touches on the horrors of life in the Jewish extermination camps. An active Christian man on one side of the line, and an active Christian woman on the other.... if we all recognized who we REALLY are inside, would we be fighting & killing each other?
Can't really say much, don't want to spoil it. Action, tense at times.
The ending leads to a sequel.
Wow. What an amazing book. Not only did I learn all about the war, but it was a gripping, believable romance without the graphic descriptions and steamy scenes. Just a sweet love story of an LDS Nazi and a cute LDS French woman who fall in love while hiding from the Germans who wished to kill her for spying and kill him for betraying the Nazi party in order to hide her. Love it!
This romance novel set during World War II, by first-time novelist Sandra Grey, is a great read. Her description is well done, her characters believable and the story will touch your heart. Though this is an LDS novel, it has a universal theme--of overcoming differences and finding common ground, even in times of war--that makes it interesting and applicable to many.
Okay, on the one hand, it isn't really a gushy romance because it has Nazis in it. The historical fiction part of this book is handled nicely with notes in the back of the book explaining historical facts in each chapter. On the other, it is a gushy romance because, well, the romance gushes. This is an LDS historical romance, however, so that means squeaky clean (though there are some violent scenes) and it also means that spiritual things are discussed. I was a little put off with them at first...more
I would probably give this 2 1/2 stars. It is a fairly interesting LDS fiction set in war-torn France & Germany during WWII. The LDS heroine was born in France, but is now an American citizen who parachutes into occupied France to carry out a mission, as well as to briefly join her French fiancée, who is part of the French resistance. Their story lines become enmeshed with an LDS Nazi officer named Rolf Schulmann, who battles his conscience as well as the French.
There were several times when...more
There were several times when...more
This was a book group read - I don't think I would've picked it up otherwise. It's an interesting perspective thinking about LDS members on both sides of WWII. The story itself is interesting.
Some of the dialogue, and things pertaining to the LDS religion are a little corny, and unrealistic. Given it's the author's first novel - it's a valiant effort.
This book continues onto the next... Tribunal. Traitor ends with you thinking "what the???" A cliff-hanger ending to make you read the next. So obe...more
Some of the dialogue, and things pertaining to the LDS religion are a little corny, and unrealistic. Given it's the author's first novel - it's a valiant effort.
This book continues onto the next... Tribunal. Traitor ends with you thinking "what the???" A cliff-hanger ending to make you read the next. So obe...more
Throughout this book I marveled at the fact that the author was not a former soldier in WWII. The history was gripping and the story was all encompassing. I found the writing to be very smooth and the story continued to surprise me as it went along. Set in France, Traitor tells the OTHER story, the one we don't hear about very often about Nazi's with no choice but to serve their government despite the dictates of their heart. I loved the new perspective it offered me and thoroughly enjoyed ever...more
The story was interesting; the characters believable. I appreciated the opportunity to look in side the life and decisions that members of the church might have made living as Germans during WWII. It's obvious why this book won the Whitney award for its category and how it won Best Novel of the Year. I must mention that there was one transition that I felt cheated. The scene had been set for a difficult and dangerous escape from Germany into France, but all we got was "we are leaving in one chap...more
So this book was really slow for me at the beginning, but by the end, I could hardly put it down.
It's a historical fiction and gave me a different perspective on the Nazi's. It caused me to think that maybe, just maybe, there were good people who were forced to do unspeakable things during this time. That maybe there were some good Christians, who risked their own lives for the freedom of others. I really like books that make me think.
It was very suspenseful and kept me hoping and guessing to th...more
It's a historical fiction and gave me a different perspective on the Nazi's. It caused me to think that maybe, just maybe, there were good people who were forced to do unspeakable things during this time. That maybe there were some good Christians, who risked their own lives for the freedom of others. I really like books that make me think.
It was very suspenseful and kept me hoping and guessing to th...more
I would have given this book a 4 instead of a 3 except that it took until about page 40 to get into it, plus the ending was too abrupt, and it left you kind of hanging.
This is one of my first experiences reading a book that is intended for LDS audiences. It's an adventure/romance story about being caught behind enemy lines during World War II. The story grabs you, although the writing could be better. I found myself initially uncomfortable with the LDS references to scriptures, prophets, and eternal families. But by the end of the book, I found myself wanting to have increased faith as the characters do. I'm still mulling it over in my mind. The story leaves y...more
Traitor has earned it's way to my top 10 favorites. I finished this book in 4 days. I couldn't put it down and finished it at 4 AM this morning. I struggle greatly with any World War II literature, because any media with any horrific peril tortures my mind long after I am exposed. LDS author, Sandra Grey does an excellent job of creating the historical setting while keeping the really GRAPHIC peril to what a reader's mind already knows. The love story has unique situations and some of the charac...more
So far this book seems like a lame schoolgirl historical romance novel. I had higher expectations of it than that & hope that it doesn't let me down; otherwise I'll have to stop reading it.
Okay, time to update my review. I had to stop reading it. The "historical" part of this romance novel was sadly lacking. The fact that this woman is even in occupied territory is incredibly laughable. I won't go off on all of the historical inaccuracies, but suffice it to say that when I read something tha...more
Okay, time to update my review. I had to stop reading it. The "historical" part of this romance novel was sadly lacking. The fact that this woman is even in occupied territory is incredibly laughable. I won't go off on all of the historical inaccuracies, but suffice it to say that when I read something tha...more
Posted December 16, 2008, 9:51 PM EST: A good friend loaned me this book, which I had heard of, but not known a thing about. Once into this outstanding novel in every way, I could not put it down!!! This book takes a hold of you and takes you on a roller coaster ride you will never forget. The story begins with Marie Jacobsen parachuting into enemy lines in war torn France and Germany during World War 2. She is a young woman born in France, but raised in Utah, but now she's a spy working with th...more
I don't normally read book about World Wars, especially not about the Holocaust. Most of them are dark and depressing, and I don't like depressing! This book though was fantastic. I loved that it brought religion into the story and that it was more a star crossed lover novel than a war one. The main characters definitely remind me of Romeo and Juliet but instead of their families being enemies, it's their nations! I have never even thought of the idea that a Nazi officer and an American spy coul...more
This romance novel set during World War II, by first-time novelist Sandra Grey, is a great read. Her description is well done, her characters believable and the story will touch your heart. Though this is an LDS novel, it has a theme everyone will understand--of overcoming differences and finding common ground, even in times of war--that makes it interesting and applicable to many. Her character development is so well done. You have characters you love, ones that are truly the enemy, and ones th...more
This is an LDS work of commercial fiction, that requires an enormous dose of suspended belief. While the actions of the main characters are laudable, I found them cliche--what you'd expect from the LDS suspense genre. The story is gripping--I read it in less than 2 days--but whole paragraphs could be skipped for all their unnecessary detail. The historical information was based almost entirely on one book and was used simply to propel the plot, rather than develop meaning. The closest it came to...more
I couldn't quite bring myself to give it four stars, but it was definitely a gripping and hard to put down book. The setting is WWII and Marie is the fiance of a resistance fighter in France. She joins him in France but finds herself in enemy territory. When she is captured, she is imprisoned by a man who knew and loved her fiance like a brother, but is a Nazi Soldier. The author tries to reconcile duty to country, duty to God, and duty to mankind in an atrocious war. There are some very interes...more
GSB Marie goes to Germany to see her friend Fleix. A reminance worker. She is captured by the Germans. The major who inergates her realzies Flexis the Elder who brough him the gospel. He arranges to have her kinapped and taken to his sister-in-laws home where is in Austria. He falls in love iwth her and she with him. Next book Tribunal Roff was a traitor to the German Army and he gave his life to have Marie released. She goes to Switzerland to try to be with Alma. She was able to have him during...more
Traitor by Sandra Grey was well written and researched. There was always trouble. No matter what to characters did to get out of trouble it somehow made it worse.
The starts with Marie parachuting into France to work for the American government and be with her fiance. Marie has secrets of her own that gets her in trouble and taken as a prisoner.
Events escalate: someone dies, couples fall in love, Marie is taken to a concentration camp and an exchange is made to keep her safe.
Good, clean, rivet...more
The starts with Marie parachuting into France to work for the American government and be with her fiance. Marie has secrets of her own that gets her in trouble and taken as a prisoner.
Events escalate: someone dies, couples fall in love, Marie is taken to a concentration camp and an exchange is made to keep her safe.
Good, clean, rivet...more
What a wonderful book. An all time favorite. Sandra Grey does an amazing job of opening the discussion of when your duty conflicts with your beliefs. How do you reconcile and how do others that share your beliefs but not your duties reconcile with that and find forgiveness and hope? Reading this book I often wonder, could I be so courageous and faithful in a place and time of such fear and unrest? Her sequel, Tribunal, is equally wonderful. I can't wait to read the final book in the series, Tres...more
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