This is such a unique, thrilling, intriguing, and exciting mix of archaeology, history, pro5 stars - Mystery/Action Thriller/Horror/Paranormal/Romance
This is such a unique, thrilling, intriguing, and exciting mix of archaeology, history, prophecy, religion, mystery, action, suspense, horror, and even romance. I loved it as much as the first book, and I can't wait for the epic conclusion in Blood Infernal!
Note: I went to church as a child, but I'm not a religious person. I consider myself an agnostic, and I believe the Catholic Church has committed heinous acts and atrocities throughout human history in the name of their religion. Nevertheless, this series is utterly captivating, compelling, and fascinating....more
This is such a unique, thrilling, intriguing, and exciting mix of archaeology, history, prophecy, r5 stars - Mystery/Action Thriller/Paranormal/Horror
This is such a unique, thrilling, intriguing, and exciting mix of archaeology, history, prophecy, religion, mystery, action, suspense, horror, and even romance. I loved it!
Note: I went to church as a child, but I'm not a religious person. I consider myself an agnostic, and I believe the Catholic Church has committed heinous acts and atrocities throughout human history in the name of their religion. Nevertheless, this series is utterly captivating, compelling, and fascinating....more
I love this series. Karin Slaughter has created fantastic characters in Will, Sara, Faith, and Amanda, and she never h5 stars - Crime/Mystery/Thriller
I love this series. Karin Slaughter has created fantastic characters in Will, Sara, Faith, and Amanda, and she never holds back from detailing the evil, ugly aspects of our society. This is another dark, complex thriller, but it's also fucking brutal and deeply disturbing. This book needs a serious trigger warning for rape because it's front and center throughout the entire story, and Ms. Slaughter does not hold back from graphic details.
After That Night made me feel the gamut of emotions...sad, disgusted, heartsick, fearful, and fucking infuriated. It especially made me feel intense anger, deep revulsion, and utter despair for the way women have to constantly deal with the savage and terrifying reality of rape. I had so much rage after reading this book that I asked a friend to go with me to a Krav Maga self-defense class so I could beat the shit out of some strike pads.
The ending felt somewhat rushed to me, and I thought all of the villainous, evil pieces of shit got off way too easy. But the depressing, bitter truth of the world we live in is that people get away with abusing others every second of every minute, every single day, especially rich white men. (view spoiler)[Even though one of the biggest villains in this book is a woman, let's be clear about the fact that the majority of abusers and rapists are men. (hide spoiler)]...more
Wow. What an incredible story of one of the most prominent French resistance leaders and spies of WWII, Nancy Grace A5 stars - WWII Historical Fiction
Wow. What an incredible story of one of the most prominent French resistance leaders and spies of WWII, Nancy Grace Augusta Wake (also known as The White Mouse). She was the Allies most decorated woman during World War II, saving thousands of soldiers and eventually becoming the most wanted person by the German Gestapo in 1943.
Even though this is historical fiction, the author based it on extensive research, biographies written about Nancy Wake, and on Nancy's own autobiography, The White Mouse, and all of the events are real, as are most of the characters in the book.
Ariel Lawhon describes her as "bold, bawdy, and brazen" in the author's note, and Nancy Wake was indeed that. She was also brave, strong, fearless, clever, courageous, compassionate, determined, cunning, stubborn, tough, and fair and had a strong sense of justice. And she risked everything to fight the Germans and to help win the war.
There is a beautiful, romantic, moving, heartbreaking, and tragic love story in this book between Nancy and her French husband, Henri Fiocca. Even already knowing how their story ended, I still wasn't prepared for it.
I listened to the audiobook version, and the narrator, Barrie Kreinik, was fantastic and really brought Nancy and the other characters to life.
I highly recommend this to fans of historical fiction and non-fiction, WWII historical fiction and non-fiction, and even to romance fans. If you don't know about Nancy Wake, you really should. What a truly amazing, remarkable woman she was! 5 stars!...more
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