Kate’s 2¢: “The Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn
“The Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
I found this story fascinating. I guess I really like creative non-fiction/Historical Fiction. A few take-outs:
–Qusinn writes about the official memoir, then, shares the private memoir of what really happened.
— :Fate and fortune grant us health,: I quoted my Mother. “For everything else, we wait in line.”
— When she and her friend enlisted, they found the officers were more of a problem than the rank and file.
— She dealt with sexual advances with a breezy kind of no nonsense toughness she perfected as a tom boy running with the local boys.
— Every successful hunt is successful in its own way. An unsuccessful day for a sniipper is when you miss and end up dead.
— What do you believe in? Knowledge to light the path for human kind and a rifle to protect human kind when we lose that path.
— My moon had a midnight side. The official tally stands at 309. A list achieved without blood thirstiness. Every shot fired in simple defense of hearth and home.
— Many of the front-line lives lost were women. The USSR was the only nation to employ women on the front-line.
— Without the Eastern front soaking up Germany’s manpower, the Allies might never have prevailed.
— Quinn explains a few of her literary licenses she employed to add the fictional American sharp shoot and his stalking of Lady Death, however, the basic facts of the Russian snipper were taken from her memoir and other substantiating documents.
This story takes place during WWII, when Ukraine was part of Russia. Today, Russia has invaded Ukraine to try to take it back. War is a lose/lose situation.
From www.katequinnauthor.com
Quinn is a native of Southern California. She is based in San Diego.[1] She graduated from Boston University with a master’s degree in classical voice.[1]
Quinn’s 2017 historical fiction novel, The Alice Network, was a New York Times[2] and USA Today bestseller.[3] Her 2019 follow-up (and eighth novel),[1] The Huntress, earned positive reviews in The Washington Post[4] and Kirkus Reviews.[5]
FromNLS/BARD/LOC:
The Diamond Eye DB107522
Quinn, Kate. Reading time: 12 hours, 54 minutes.
Read by Saskia Maarleveld.
Historical Fiction
Bestsellers
Kiev, 1937. Bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son–but Hitler’s invasion sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila becomes a deadly sniper–a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2022.
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