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The Alice Network by Kate Quinn - 5 stars!
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Great review! I've just added this to my TBR.
I completely agree -- This was a good one! I am getting ready to start We Were the Lucky Ones and hope that it is just as good...though it looks much more serious.
Adding it to my TBR! Great review.
Nicole R wrote: "I completely agree -- This was a good one! I am getting ready to start We Were the Lucky Ones and hope that it is just as good...though it looks much more serious."The Alice Network was really good and I liked finding out about the daring Alice Network.
In truth I liked We Were the Lucky Ones a bit more, simply because it was based on a true story which is really quite incredible. I don't know if you are listening to it, but in the book, there is a postscript which details what happened to all the people in the book.
Booknblues wrote: "Nicole R wrote: "I completely agree -- This was a good one! I am getting ready to start We Were the Lucky Ones and hope that it is just as good...though it looks much more serious."..."Oooo....I am listening to it but I may have to do a little in-store reading of the postscript if it is not included on the audio. Thanks for the heads up!
I am avoiding reading the reviews because I want to avoid spoilers, but I am getting the excitement vibes via osmosis ....
Booknblues wrote: "In truth I liked We Were the Lucky Ones a bit more, simply because it was based on a true story which is really quite incredible.."..."The Alice Network is also based on a true story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_...
Ladyslott wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "In truth I liked We Were the Lucky Ones a bit more, simply because it was based on a true story which is really quite incredible.."..."The Alice Network is also based on a true story:"
I know and that is really cool. The Lucky Ones sticks very closely with one families amazing story. I was kind of blown away by it.
I'm not sure how it will translate to an audio book because it does have a number of characters and I had to double check the characters list a number of times.
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From the moment this book hit the shelves, and the rave reviews starting pouring in, I knew I wanted to read this book. Totally up my alley, and my kind of book! I picked August as timely, as it was the group read for the Historical Fictionistas, and I knew I would be on vacation in Colorado for two weeks. It did not disappoint my expectations. It exceded.
This is a story of two strong female heroines, Charlie/Charlotte and Eve. The story alternates between two points of view, Eve in the past (1915), and Charlie in the present (1947). Charlie is a young girl, a "Yank" smack out of college, who has had many losses in the war, and finds herself pregnant. Her search for her beloved cousin and her disappearance in the second world war, leads us to Eve and Finn. This unlikely and broken troupe of three travel through Europe, each seeking healing, consolation, and a way to move forward. Through this journey, Eve, who was a World War I spy in the infamous Alice Network, unfolds her story. Through Eve, we learn about three incredible female heroines who risked everything to save lives, stop the Germans, and be a part of the resistance. It is in my opinion, un-putdownable. It deserves every one of the five stars I have awarded.
There is a subset of folks, for whom reading about World War One and Two is actually a pleasure, and I count myself in their number. I try very hard to read these with a few books in between, and that doesn't always happen. This years World War books have included the Alice Network, the Orphans Tale, (also five star), The Race for Paris, (3.5), Thread of Grace, (4 stars), and there must be a few more from before April. I'm sure I have read more than four by this late in 2017. I reflect on the Nightingale, and All the Light We Cannot See, and the four above, and have to admit - there is something amazing and incredible about women finding their strength in difficult times, and about the unsung female heroines who rise to challenge in wartime and in life. Who wouldn't root for Eve and Charlie, and the other female characters who continue to live within us, and live on in unforgettable strength, and beauty, and grace, and spunk and sass. You will know if this is your kind of book. It certainly was mine. Loved it, and loved the ride!