Sunday, August 4, 2019

Seducing and Kiling Nazis by Sophie Poldermans - Bookin' It With Jen

I'll be honest, I am a little disappointed in how this book has been written. I expected a detailed account of the three girls time in the Resistance, but it is really more of a general overview. It does provide some brief background information on each of the girls childhood and family lives leading up to their involvement, as well as mentions of a few jobs that the girls performed for the resistance in passing, but it feels like a bit of an afterthought, which is strange considering that is what the focus of the book was supposed to be. Like a child who has written a book report versus a person who has spent years of her life interviewing and researching the subject and who was fortunate enough to personally know two of the three involved. I would have loved for there to have been more detail about how they actually became involved with the resistance as well as more details on missions and the seductions and killings, instead of just saying Hannie rode her bike here and shot this person or lured this person to be shot by Fran. It just feels incomplete to me. Maybe a lot was lost in translation?

Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for providing me with a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.

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