Amanda's Reviews > Sally Heathcote

I would have given this more stars--I find this subject fascinating--but the whole flipping back and forth through time and introducing people and then introducing even more random people (and please don't hate, but I found SO MANY of the characters looked TOTALLY the SAME; thank goodness Sally had red hair or I NEVER would have been able to identify throughout!); it was just a bit of a hot mess.

If I didn't already have a bit of knowledge of the characters or if I wasn't so interested in the subject I would have given this up because the layout, the plotline, and all the female characters not being given enough differentiation was a HOT MESS.

p.s. Also, Sally is a made-up character which I felt detracted from the story. It made me wonder why they didn't focus on a real hero of this time? I know there is very careful documentation at the end of the book about everyone/everything, but I still wonder why do a "Sally"?