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Book review the diamond eye6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC–until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper–a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son–but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. ![]() The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. So, here we go! ~~GOODREADS DESCRIPTION~~ ![]() But, I didn’t quite enjoy this as much as the others. After having loved the other three, I had high hopes for this one. Please tolerate! This was the fourth Kate Quinn book I read. ![]() Hi Readers! Here is the first review of 2023! It has been a while since I wrote a review and also a while since I finished reading The Diamond Eye. ![]()
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