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Amanda McCrina

Författare till Traitor: A Novel of World War II

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Inkluderar namnen: McCrina Anna, Amanda McCrina

Verk av Amanda McCrina

The Silent Unseen (2022) 44 exemplar
His Own Good Sword (2012) 19 exemplar
I'll Tell You No Lies (2023) 16 exemplar
Blood Road (2017) 12 exemplar

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Amanda McCrina has hit it out of the ballpark with this tense and lean Cold War thriller. Meticulously researched and tightly written, what I loved most about this novel is that it relied on no tropes nor stereotypes, but instead plunged the reader into a breathless time and place with authenticity and nuance. Brava.
 
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mskrypuch | 1 annan recension | Sep 24, 2023 |
First sentence: Mom died on Monday morning, June 6, 1955, about half an hour after she dropped me off at school in Kaiserslautern.

Premise/plot: Shelby Blaine is in for a whirlwind experience the summer after her mother dies. The family rushes back to the states. Her military father has a new mission. (Air Force Intelligence officer). He will be one of the men debriefing a Russian defector. Shelby never thought to be involved with Maksym (the Russian defector). But their chance meeting at a social event changes everything...just a day or two later (maybe just a day???) he's on the loose--escaped from custody.

Is he trustworthy? Maybe. Maybe not. Are the agents "protecting" or "guarding" him trustworthy? Maybe. Maybe not. So many stories. So many lies. Can Shelby make sense of anything at all?

Shelby will be forced to question everything and everyone.

MY thoughts: I like this one. I don't know that I loved it. It keeps your head spinning for sure, which was the goal, I suppose. Having seen Alias multiple times, I kept expecting twists and turns--even though Shelby is not in intelligence at all. (She's eighteen and getting ready to go to college.) There were twists and turns. There was a LOT of action. I'm not sure that there needed to be hints of romance. (But there was).
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blbooks | 1 annan recension | Aug 25, 2023 |
This was a book that kept my heart in my throat the entire time. The book follows Tolya, who accidentally shoots his unit office, the troubles only begin. This story is told in alternating POV, from Tolya’s in 1944 and Aleksey’s in 1941. This book was so well written and despite the flipping between the years the story is well pulled together. The ending was a bit of a let down, as I expected more to happen. I hope Amanda McCrina writes a sequel continuing Tolya’s story.
 
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dabutkus | 5 andra recensioner | Sep 4, 2022 |
After escaping from forced labor in Nazi Germany, Maria makes her way back home. Kostya flees for his life from the Ukrainian resistance after turning on his cousin. When resting in a loft, Nazi's bring in Kostya, shooting him in the knee. Maria shoots the Nazi's and the two flee. Maria reunites with her brother Tomek, a Polish resistance leader, and learns that the Ukrainian resistance slaughtered her village. The Polish resistance takes Kostya prisoner. Tomek travels to meet with the Ukrainian resistance in order to broker peace. When he does not return, Maria frees Kostya and forces him to help her.

This book felt like a young adult novel. The romance and plot was predictable. The characters were stereotypical and their interactions were one dimensional. Overall, 2 out of 5 stars.
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JanaRose1 | 7 andra recensioner | Jun 20, 2022 |

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Verk
6
Medlemmar
187
Popularitet
#116,277
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
22
ISBN
20

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