Front Lines
Registered by Minerva101 of Calgary, Alberta Canada on 12/9/2017
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
6 journalers for this copy...
This book is a supremely well done WWII alternate history. Michael Grant did a fantastic job writing the racism and sexism of the times and brought to life some amazing female characters. I loved each one of them - Rainy Schulterman (Jewish girl becomes part of Army Intelligence), Rio Richlin and her best friend, Jenou (small town white girls from California join Army Infantry) and Frangie Marr(a black girl who becomes Army Medic). They were all unique and well portrayed with respect to their strengths and insecurities. Really great character development!
I look forward to reading the next book in this series and finding out where Michael Grant takes these girls next.
From Goodreads:
1942. World War II. The most terrible war in human history. Millions are dead; millions more are still to die. The Nazis rampage across Europe and eye far-off America.
The green, untested American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled—the armed forces of Nazi Germany.
But something has changed. A court decision makes females subject to the draft and eligible for service. So in this World War II, women and girls fight, too.
As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves. Each has her own reasons for volunteering. Not one expects to see actual combat. Not one expects to be on the front lines.
Rio, Frangie, and Rainy will play their parts in the war to defeat evil and save the human race. They will fear and they will rage; they will suffer and they will inflict suffering; they will hate and they will love. They will fight the greatest war the world has ever known.
New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant has created a masterful alternate history of World War II in Front Lines, the first volume in a groundbreaking series.
I look forward to reading the next book in this series and finding out where Michael Grant takes these girls next.
From Goodreads:
1942. World War II. The most terrible war in human history. Millions are dead; millions more are still to die. The Nazis rampage across Europe and eye far-off America.
The green, untested American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled—the armed forces of Nazi Germany.
But something has changed. A court decision makes females subject to the draft and eligible for service. So in this World War II, women and girls fight, too.
As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves. Each has her own reasons for volunteering. Not one expects to see actual combat. Not one expects to be on the front lines.
Rio, Frangie, and Rainy will play their parts in the war to defeat evil and save the human race. They will fear and they will rage; they will suffer and they will inflict suffering; they will hate and they will love. They will fight the greatest war the world has ever known.
New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant has created a masterful alternate history of World War II in Front Lines, the first volume in a groundbreaking series.
Taking this fabulous read to the Calgary Bookcrossing meeting at Cravings today to find a new reader.
Picked up at the Christmas meeting!
Journal Entry 4 by megami-no-ushi at Cravings Market Restaurant in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Saturday, February 10, 2018
Released 6 yrs ago (2/10/2018 UTC) at Cravings Market Restaurant in Calgary, Alberta Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Taken to the February meeting!
This is an amazing new series! I zoomed through this book - it looks much bigger than it reads. The characters are amazing and it reads so realistic you almost think it could be based on real history rather than an alternate history. Some of the details, like the army bra, are so on point. Loved it!
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
This is an amazing new series! I zoomed through this book - it looks much bigger than it reads. The characters are amazing and it reads so realistic you almost think it could be based on real history rather than an alternate history. Some of the details, like the army bra, are so on point. Loved it!
To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
Picked up this book at the monthly book crossing meeting at Cravings Market Restaurant
This book took me a bit to get into. I don't normally like war based fiction, but this book was awesome! I loved the alternate history, I didn't realize that having a female protagonist in WWII would appeal to me as much as it did, but I couldn't get enough. Highly recommend this series, and can't wait to read the next one.
Taking this book to the October Book Crossing Meeting at Cravings Market Restaurant.
Picked up this book at the Calgary BookCrossing October meet-up. So stoked to start this series!
I really, really enjoyed this book. The concept is so simple, but it just works: what if women fought in WWII? It's not a huge change to history, so it's great that each plot line was something that could have happened anyway. All three characters were great, but I found myself enjoying Rio's story the most. She finds herself at odds with the girl she was and the woman she's starting to become.
My only qualm is pretty minor, and more a pet peeve than anything, but it was kind of dumb that there was a romance angle for each POV character. Rio's makes the most sense, since she knows Strand from before the war, but why do Rainy and Frangie need to meet guys, too? Just because they're women, they have to be interested in a man?
My only qualm is pretty minor, and more a pet peeve than anything, but it was kind of dumb that there was a romance angle for each POV character. Rio's makes the most sense, since she knows Strand from before the war, but why do Rainy and Frangie need to meet guys, too? Just because they're women, they have to be interested in a man?
Passing on this book to the next reader at the Calgary BookCrossing November meet-up.
picked up at the Calgary November meeting
flew through the book, loved the characters, and interested to see their slow transitions to professional soldier/spy/medic
Picked up at Dec 2018 meeting of Book Crossing Calgary.
Taking to book crossing meetup to give to next reader. (Cravings meet up Jan 2023.)
