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I would probably say 3.5 stars. My expectation was True Crime and the book is 1/3 that and 2/3 history lesson. I learned a lot about the conflict in Northern Ireland and the last 25% of the book was pretty riveting but the beginning is very dense and jumps around chronologically and I was often confused keeping all the characters straight.
I only recommend this book if you know you are taking a deep dive into the IRA and their violence.
I only recommend this book if you know you are taking a deep dive into the IRA and their violence.
I listened to this narrative history of The Troubles of Northern Ireland; the reader was excellent, a quiet, yet compelling voice. The book focuses on the actions of a small group of Provos, the incarnation of the IRA that arose in the early 1970s, especially the murder of a young widow who left behind 10 children. Having read a little about Irish history, both fiction and nonfiction, and because I follow the news with interest, many names and events were familiar to me. But this book casts a st
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Jan 05, 2020
alana
marked it as to-read
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Jun 13, 2023
Jessica
rated it
really liked it
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nonfiction,
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