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This book has important information and is well researched. I feel it was a little choppy in jumping to different women; a flow was missing. It needs more detailed escapades to create tension and excitement. It reads more as a thesis than a story. It is important to tell their story; having read Lilac Girls, Atomic Girls, Hidden Figures, etc. I am so glad the women's accomplishments are being recorded so our children and grandchildren will know how brave and involved our ancestors were in these battles and discoveries.

It seems that lately there are more books about women who took part in WWII. I would say that this book was more a history of the war rather than the story of the heroic women who took part in D Day. I never felt that I got to know these women in any way. Code Girls (which I recently read) gave the readers a rich background of the girls and you remembered each one from chapter to chapter. I commend the author for the research involved but felt somewhat mislead by the book description. Would not recommend.

Ms. Rose has done a masterful job of research, and her book reflects her work. However, for me, it was hard to decipher what I was reading - - -was it a research thesis, or a research thesis with a bit of historical fiction woven through, or ??? Though the title would indicate the book would be primarily about the D-Day Girls, I never felt I really got to know them, as the main characters often felt peripheral to the story. I am sure others might read this and feel differently, but I could not become lost in the story as I hoped from the initial descriptions of the book.