I selfishly wish the book was written by a woman who was in the war and experienced it first hand. The author did a great job gathering research and using a personal diary but there are still moments and feelings that she will never be able to verbalize or even think about because she….. wasn’t there I fear. Not to diss her at all I understand this is a beautiful work of fiction that gives a female perspective I just, there are certain realizations and feelings you get from experiencing something like this first hand that you can’t fake and I think the book could have maybe felt more genuine and personal had we been able to see the true raw pain of someone who went through this, instead of the author at points almost guessing how they felt. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I selfishly wish the book was written by a woman who was in the war and experienced it first hand. The author did a great job gathering research and using a personal diary but there are still moments and feelings … Continue reading