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Purple Hearts by Michael Grant
May. 20th, 2018 10:37 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Could women fight?
Stupid question. Women don’t stop being women, and men don’t stop being men. We become an entirely new creature: the combat soldier. And we are none of us, men or women, the people we started out as.
War is hell.
1944. It feels like the war will never end. Rio, Frangie and Rainy have all received accolades, been “heroes”, earned promotion. They’ve all done “enough” to allow them to leave this nightmare and go home. But the war hasn’t finished with them yet …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The conclusion to Michael Grant’s AU World War II YA historical trilogy is an action-packed thrill ride that honours the sacrifice of those who fought while making interesting observations about women in combat, highlighting the prejudice experienced by African Americans and providing a moving postscript that made me emotional, but the final quarter is too rushed and I wanted to know more about some of the characters’ post war choices.
Stupid question. Women don’t stop being women, and men don’t stop being men. We become an entirely new creature: the combat soldier. And we are none of us, men or women, the people we started out as.
1944. It feels like the war will never end. Rio, Frangie and Rainy have all received accolades, been “heroes”, earned promotion. They’ve all done “enough” to allow them to leave this nightmare and go home. But the war hasn’t finished with them yet …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The conclusion to Michael Grant’s AU World War II YA historical trilogy is an action-packed thrill ride that honours the sacrifice of those who fought while making interesting observations about women in combat, highlighting the prejudice experienced by African Americans and providing a moving postscript that made me emotional, but the final quarter is too rushed and I wanted to know more about some of the characters’ post war choices.
