"The Huntress" by Kate Quinn: A Thrilling Historical Fiction Novel

BarJo: The writing of this story was captivating so that I didn’t want to stop reading however all the main characters are fictionalized compilations of several real people. I was grateful for the author’s explanation at the end with the real facts.

United States on Aug 22, 2023

Kindle Customer: Once again an absolutely brilliant story from Kate Quinn. Gripping all the way. She manages to get into the

charachters psyche perfectly and the story hints at the outcome at every step without revealing too much. Another masterpiece from Kate Quinn

United Kingdom on Aug 10, 2023

Zoe E. Routh: The story was engrossing: great characters, chilling murders, and an inching towards conclusion.

Only criticism was that it seemed to drag a little in the middle, but the. Pace whipped into hyperdrive for the conclusion.

Australia on Jul 31, 2023

Timothy J Marsden: I love Kate Quinn books so much. What a fabulous story. The characters come to life. Unreal! Do yourself a favour and read The Huntress

Australia on Jul 11, 2023

Briony-Molly: At this point, I don’t think Kate Quinn can do me dirty in a book. An author who does her homework pays attention to her writing and does not romanticize past events. This book starts out a lot slower than her other novels, I was beginning to feel a little tired but then the pace picked up, we went around twists and turns, I got excited at the accuracy of world war history.

Jordan as a character I love her. She is everything society expects her to be and more, she understands what is supposed to happen with her life but against all odds, she ends up following her dream as well. Nina is such a fierce character, her personality is sharp and cutting but also warm and guarded. I would love to know these characters in real life.

The relationships crafted in this are so delicious. I mean that in the way that they are not one dimensional, there is depth there is love, there is fear, trust, such a diverse range of emotions. The “bad guy” is not just evil personified, the “good guy” is not just that.

If you are looking to read something that will give you a little 1940s history and herstory, read this book!

France on May 18, 2022

Karl Wiggins: Well what a good read that was. A little long in places and I got a bit bored with the whole Jordan / Garrett affair, but Nina is brilliant. If they ever make this into a film Nina must, without a doubt, be played by Jodie Comer (Villanelle from Killing Eve).

Nina is unpredictable, volatile and capable of remaining alive even in the most demanding of circumstances. A Rusalka, a night-witch, a Rusalka-bitch, a lake spirit …. Nina is all of these, and to witness her running at you, half-naked, covered in blood with her father’s razor in her hand would be quite daunting.

SPOILER ALERT

Anneliese, Anna, Die Jägerin, the Huntress, or whichever name she uses is the absolute personification of a sociopath. When accused by Jordan of being a Nazi, and of not being Ruth’s mother, most people in that situation would be flinching or recoiling – maybe bursting into laughter or tears, but not Anneliese. Her blue eyes don’t even widen a fraction of an inch. “Goodness,” she says, “Where has all this come from?” which is exactly how a sociopath would react. Catch a sociopath or a psychopath in a lie – catch them with a smoking gun – and they are...

United Kingdom on May 30, 2020

Roland Clarke: Review 5 stars

From this novel’s opening with the Huntress deciding to move into the shadows, I was engrossed in the story, the characters, settings, the history and Kate Quinn’s writing.

I was in awe of the writing throughout and discovered another wonderful author to follow. I could see everything unfold as we were introduced to the main players. The novel is told through the senses of three POVs – if you don’t count that brief tempting glimpse into the head of the Huntress in the Prologue.

First, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride who’s determined to become a photographer post-WWII and is inspired by the likes of Margaret Bourke-White – one of my heroines. She is pleased when her widowed father, who owns a Boston antiques shop, forms a relationship with Austrian widow Annelise Weber – but she is also suspicious. Suspicions that are heightened and dismissed or disproved but stirred up again.

Then, in 1950s West Germany, the reader meets British war correspondent Ian Graham who has become a Nazi hunter, aided by Tony Rodomovky, a ‘Yank’ with Polish-Hungarian blood. But other people want to move on from focusing on Nazi crimes,...

United States on Jun 26, 2019

Charles Scott: Reading The Huntress, by Kate Quinn, published in 2019 proved to be an interesting, but gut-wrenching experience. The book challenged many expectations. Sometimes, it defied logic. At times, it broadened horizons. Events unfolded from vastly different perspectives. Once in a while, flashes of brilliance were discovered in the prose. People, dates, and places were beginning to converge upon one another. Then, it became personal.
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United States on Apr 10, 2019