Ford Allison

Wow.

Kind of wish the PTSD thing would have been resolved. Don't really want that in following books. Stick with the cash cow Murderbot.

Beautiful. In that ‘rip out what's left of my heart, throw it on the ground and grind it to dust with my face' way.

For a coming-to-age suburban pre-teen during the rise of ‘Crack'(it's just smoke-able cocaine) this was a needed reframing of my nascent ‘news' memories of the time.

Caution: Some nostalgia goggles came into play during listening, influencing my glowing rating.

How did I miss this? So much fun...tempered with horrors. (Last book in a trilogy...)

5 for the story, 4 ‘cause of some rather long winded passages that I ended up skimming over.

Oof. A little too close to home. But also wants me to go hug everyone.

4.5. Breakfast Club meets Battle Royale meets modern commentary on children's psych health

Once again I really wish Goodreads had fractional stars. Prolly a 3.5 and only dropped from four because so much time was spent on minor character development. More than half the book is largely mired in character background stories. But the backstories are good, it's just hard to find the book's story among them all.

Fecking lovely.

All the hoo-ha-s on the island falling out of the women kind tilted this book a bit too far off kilter for me. I was compelled to finish by the underlying story however.

Might have given it a five, but I'm still a little angry about Amazon not letting public libraries purchase ebook editions.

So fucking awesome. Hilarious.

4.5

4.5

4.5

Easily 4.5. Having only picked this up because of the occasional “Ha ha suckers” internet blurb that ran across my screen over the years I jumped at this title expecting a titillating summer read. While it is that, it's a lot more than I expected. Genuine, laugh out loud, secret history, memorial, memoir and above all setting the record straight all rolled into one.

4.5

I lately try not to give out 5 stars, understanding that a 4 is perfectly acceptable for a great book. And I am not entirely sure why I am giving this 5 stars. In some ways, I am just giving 5 stars to the amazing story of Virginia Hall, but obviously, a bunch of those stars goes out to S. Purnell as well.

Well written and researched. Gripping, educational and a rabbit hole.

Not a very kind depiction of occupied France or it's later regaled leaders

I almost 3 starred simply because I did not necessarily like the writing style, but did enjoy the story. After finishing and flipping back a bit, the more I think about it, the style really fits the subject matter(The Terrible).

What a fun little novella. To anyone who can't realize this is an author using their publishing power to release a ‘Dr. Who'/BBC-esque ‘Holiday Special', yer over analyzing it.

As many here have already said it's a bit overwritten. I ended up dreaming in Victorian English. I would give it 3.5 stars if I could, I enjoyed the read.

I almost couldn't wait for this book to end. But in a good way. It is not terribly long, but it's expansive. I feel I have a better feeling for what it might be to be a refugee, though no real-world experience around that, shifted from one edge the world to the other without necessarily your complete consent or forethought.

Uh...wow. I kept telling friends that this might be the most accessible Murakami novel...and then about 4/5s the way through everything went completely sideways. As usual? It is an excellent read, just watch out for your head becoming your feet suddenly and some scars.

It seems all I can do is agree with most everyone here. An endearing(?) novel that is certainly a bit of a tear jerker. I didn't want the tale to end, now that I am done, I am at a loss for what to read next. It was expertly written and lovely. I want to run off into the woods now.