Highlights
Quality
Wonderfully written unusual plot and very engaging
It’s very slow to begin with and extremely confusing
Overall this is an ambitious book and there is certainly much to praise here especially the quality of the writing which whilst... Read More
For hadley it is more insidious with the expectations of hollywood of writers and of the fans
Packaging/appearance
This tale has hit me right in the feels
Competitiveness
I like how she ventures boldly into a male dominated aviator world especially in world war 2
Its a biggy but bearing in mind the book is twice the length of a standard book i ripped through the pages
A long but epic saga spanning the world
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is not about flying a mistake some disappointed readers usually pilots themselves have made though the historical context of female wwii pilots is extremely interesting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The plot is drawn tidily together by the device of a modern day film of marions life
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Much of this could have been omitted to good effect
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The story moves between past and present in 2014 hadley a young actress with a sad family history is chosen to play marian graves a daring pilot who attempted to fly the great circle after ww2 and disappeared mysteriously
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The modern day actress hayley who is about to play marian in the film of her life adds an element of mystery
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is an epic saga with central characters being aviator marion graves and her navigator eddie bloom who aim to fly in a great circle from pole to pole in 1950 marion’s brother jamie and actress hadley baxter who is cast to play marion in a film sixty years later
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It’s very slow to begin with and extremely confusing