Radar Girls

I was expecting this book to be more of a novel regarding the womens' roles during the war but it ended up being romance and mystery heavy. I found the “girls” (I know women doesn't have quite the same ring, but I am hoping some day that books about women will no longer have girl in the title), to be a little bit too much on the cutesy, precious side; when we know the women who did this work were strong. The mystery with the horse could have been left out, and the story with Daisy's dad seemed to be drug out too much. I don't like when books add in the same detail/information (in this case the state of Daisy's mother) over several chapters as if readers are going to forget, especially when it's something that isn't too central to the story being told. I don't know if it is supposed to have some sort of effect, or if it is just to up the word count. It annoys me and I know that's something I have to work on about myself, lol. I was hoping I was going to love this book, as I enjoy WWII books with strong women and I try to seek out novels to areas outside of Europe when I can find them.