The Alice Network in Around the World in 80 Books

Mar 25, 2018 Ginger rated it liked it

The story was great. The writing was really really not great. I powered through, but that's what made this one a three-star for me. ...more

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Jul 22, 2019 Rachel N. rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2019, audiobook, france, friendship, spy, historical-fiction, world-war-i

The book alternates between telling the story of Charlie St. Clair in 1945 and Eve Gardiner in 1915. charlie is 19 and pregnant. She runs away from her mother en route to Switzerland and finds Eve and her chauffeur Finn who may know the whereabouts of her cousin Rose who went missing during WWII. As they begin the search for Rose the book goes back to Eve's time as a spy during WWI. The book was interesting and I liked all the main characters. I enjoyed the insertion of the real life Alice Netwo ...more

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Apr 18, 2018 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned, z2018-tbr

I'm in between three and four stars here. The WWI storyline was wonderful and the post WWII storyline ended in a satisfying way. But Charlie St. Clair's character was pretty annoying, so annoying that I actually rolled my eyes during some of her chapters. Her repeated equations and mentions of her "little problem" got old quickly. But the other characters were interesting and likeable enough to mostly overcome my irritation. ...more

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May 08, 2018 Tanya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, format-audiobook

I will miss the characters now that I have finished the book. I can see why people were drawn to the WW1 story more than WWII, but both taught me something about the times. And I found the growth of Charlie realistic and helpful for moving the story ahead. Eve is the more interesting of the two women, but I felt like the story trajectories assisted one another in a very complementary manner and kept my interest.

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