The Girl in the Blue Beret Audiobook

" Prob 3.5 stars really- I'm on a WWII kick right now and this one was about a subject I'd never heard about- the moving of airmen through Occupied France. I liked it. "

" An okay read. Nothing too great! "

" Excellent story of a WWII pilot escaping through France. Expertly told in both present and past tenses. "

" I liked this. I especially liked learning so much about the French during the war. This is why I like historical fiction. The love story between Marshall and Annette was sweet. It reminded me in some ways of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. "

" I enjoyed the book - but it seemed to read more like non fiction than fiction. The pace was just too deliberate for me, but I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading this novel. It covers points of view I have never read before - especially the American WWII aviator who returns to France after he has been retired from commercial flying. "

" I was not a fan of Marshall and his WWII galavanting, but the book was rich in details of the German occupation of France and the French who assisted airmen in distress. For this, I give the book four stars in lieu of three. "

" I'm really pulling for Bobbie Ann to come up with another great book. This isn't it--and it might not even be a good book. I should probably read it again someday, but I wasn't ready for a WW2 Nazi atrocity novel. I also had a hard time with the main character. He's someone discovering his past, but I wasn't convinced that someone with decent intelligence and some level of compassion would be able to forget or repress enough to have all this past to recover. I think his actions better fit a narcissist, or at least someone I'm going to have a hard time caring about. "

" This book was just extraordinary! So very engaging and satisfying. I will read everything she has written now... "

" I loved the book, until the end. Story about a WWII pilot shot down in France and his escape with the help of the French resistance. I felt like the book should have gone on for at least another chapter, it ended fine but just too early, I felt there was more to the story. "

" Paris in war time. The Resistance. I always wondered what how and why they did it. "

" What a well written wonderfully flowing book about an aviator and the French Resistance. "

" Based on the true experience of the authors father in law. A pilot shot down during WW11 returns to Paris 30+ years later to find the people who sheltered him and helped his escape from the Nazis. "

" This book started out real slow in the first half. The last half was good and so was the ending. "

" I liked the premise of this book but, could not feel any empathy for the characters. It goes on my abandoned pile. "

" What a book!!!!! Loved it!!! The characters are wonderful---through them you get a great insight into the Resistance workers in France and also into the US airmen who were shot down over France and Belgium. "

" I was disappointed in this book, after reading rave reviews. The main character was not likeable, he seemed self-absorbed and immature. The flashbacks were sometimes jarring and the ending was very abrupt. "

" Read this for a book club and could barely get through it. Interesting, informative, and heart breaking in places, but mostly dragged. "

" This book didn't really start to get interesting until the latter part. "

" Kept reading hoping to learn more about the characters. Finally, over halfway through I was starting to get to the part I had been waiting for. Then, to my horror, I turned the page and it was the end. I consider this kind of book - reader abuse. "

" I loved the book. It makes me want to go to France, study French and learn more about WWII andthe French Resistance. "

" Another 5 star book on WWII. This one set in France. A touching story of an American pilot who ditched his plane in Belgium and was smuggled out of the country by the loyal French. He goes back to look for his rescuers 40 years later and reconnects with those who helped him. "

" Excellent story of a WWII pilot escaping through France. Expertly told in both present and past tenses. "