Fiction Review: The Diamond Eye

I’ve heard good things about Kate Quinn’s historical novels over the years, and I’ve finally had a chance to try one. Kate Quinn’s latest work, Diamond Eye , lived up to my expectations. This beautiful and interesting story captivated me with its audio.

Mila Pavlichenko is a young single mother who studied history at the Kiev school in the 1930s and worked in the library while caring for her young son. She worries that her son will not have a father-face, because her ex-husband is very rare. Among other things, she wants her son to teach her to shoot when her father grows up, so she attends Mila archery classes and gets her diploma. It goes very well, but jokingly ... until the Nazis invaded Russia. Like many women of her time, Mila enlisted in the Russian Army and although she was initially promoted to a lower level by male commanders, she was soon recognized as a sniper, recognizing her exemplary shooting skills. Mila became one of the leading snipers in the Russian army, soon destroying more than 300 Nazis. Losing a child and being a killer is sometimes scary, but he knows his country is helping.

In 1942, Milla and other members of the Russian Army were sent to the United States to meet with President Roosevelt and join the war effort and establish a Western Front to help Russia fight the Nazis. Even in a camouflage outfit that welcomes high-profile foreign guests who live in the dark rather than a costume, Mila does everything she can to represent her country and needs. I’m amazed at the opportunity to get to know Eleanor Roosevelt better and the opportunities to connect the two women, especially when the Russian war support group makes a tour of the United States. The story intersperses the experiences of Milan during the war and his growing friendship with Eleanor on a trip to America, and as his old and new enemies approach, his life and the lives of others are in danger.

Now I can’t believe how much I hate history classes at school because I enjoy reading historical fiction and non-fiction. This fascinating novel is the perfect example of an author taking a small hidden corner of a story and revealing it. The result is a fascinating and frantic reading, with a perfect narrative in the first-person Cart of Maarleveld that perfectly embodies Milan. Despite my unusual and interesting experiences during the war in Milan, I was more interested in his time in the United States and his friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt. A thousand women were unusual and complex: a loving mother and a deadly murderer. Quinn weaves an engaging story around historical events that are perfectly connected to the sound, bringing an ambiguous and frantic ending.

448 pages, William Morrow

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