Fearless Erin O'Reilly 9780987651716 Books
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With another world war brewing, women pilots from around the world made their way to England to join the Air Transport Auxiliary. The ATA was comprised of pilots who could not qualify to fly for the Royal Air Force. Meg O’Brien, who fell in love with flying when her uncle took her up in his plane, wanted nothing more than to fly. Her family had other aspirations for the red haired girl—home, hearth, husband, and children. It was not for her and as soon as the opportunity arose, she joined her uncle in England, and soon joined the ATA. Jo Laughlin, left to care for her sisters after the death of her father, took over the family crop dusting business in the panhandle of Texas. To supplement her income she joined other pilots and barn stormed throughout Texas and Oklahoma. When a friend, Midge Reister, suggested they go to England and join the ATA, Jo finally capitulated and found herself on a tramp steamer to England. Sarah Faulkner, dubbed by the press as a flying debutante, tried to make a time record for the fastest time between London and Sydney Australia. When she runs out of gas and lands in a field near Brisbane Australia, she meets a poor young girl whose circumstances are fraught with abuse. In time, Sarah returns to Australia and eventually brings Brenda back to England with her. Brenda learns to fly and soon the two women join the ATA. Their lives were not easy and often filled with danger and doubt but together the women form bonds that shaped their lives forever.
Fearless Erin O'Reilly 9780987651716 Books
I will give this 2 stars only because I will probably finish the book and it is about flying and WW2.I have several specific problems with it. 1. the women are told in may 1940 they will be flying several planes that were not in production at that time (Corsair, Mustang, Hellcat, Typhoon). 2. a large number of the women are lesbian (30%?). I have no problem with lesbians but so many can only be added to the story to support the attractions that form. 3. 2 of the women are chosen to fly what are essentially combat missions. the chances of this are pretty close to 0.
I have other problems with the story but they are not so concrete as those above.
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Fearless Erin O'Reilly 9780987651716 Books Reviews
This book tells the story of a diverse group of women who all had one thing in common, their love of flying. It tells the story of how each of them came to join the Air Transport Auxiliary, the ATA, at the beginning of the second world war.
We have Australian Brenda who lived in poverty and was beaten and abused by her father. She was found by Sarah on one of her air record breaking trips. Sarah eventually returns to Australia, rescues Brenda and takes her to England, where she teaches her to fly. There is Meg from Ireland. Her Uncle Shamus taught her to fly.
Unfortunately, she is destined to marry according to her families wishes. Her Uncle Shamus persuades Meg's mother to let him take her to England, where he ensures she gets more flying hours in to enable her to apply for the ATA. Lady Millicent is English gentry, but her love of flying and her overwhelming wish to serve her country, makes her choose between flying and being with her family. Jo and Midge are American's. Midge persuades Jo to go to England and join the ATA.
All these women and others too, form part of an all women's branch of the ATA in Southampton. We read of their courage as they ferry sometimes barely airworthy planes, without communications or the means to defend themselves, from one place to another to free up male RAF pilots for battle..
The story has both excitement and romance. We are given a tasteful insight into the lives of these courageous women who did a dangerous but necessary job.
I thoroughly enjoyed the story. It was nice to have the background on the characters as it made me feel as though I knew each of them personally. The story is primarily about the women and the job they do, but does have a nice touch of romance as well. Definitely a book I would re read.
Great read!
I have read many books by Erin O'Reilly, although this one I would not consider my favorite (Through The Darkness was awesome), I would still recommend it.
I have binge read some authors and found their formula annoying. Erin's books are very well-written and diverse in theme. It held my interest right to the very end.
I enjoyed this book as it gave me an insight into the brave women who did this job and the risks they took. Only for a quirk of fate my aunt would have been one of them. I particularly liked Sarah's character a gusty and brave lady. My only criticism is in the earlier part of the book when she first met Brenda the author spoke of Kilometres not miles. Australia did not have metric till the early 1970's. Look forward to other books by this author
I appreciate the premise. Anyone trying to honor the ATA pilots in my opinion needs a round of applause, but I really didn't like the book.
-It needs editing. Missing hyphens, typos. Some sentences phrased funny. And really, why would a heroine think of HERSELF as THE GIRL? I'm really tired of the lack of editing in books. I bought this book a good two years ago at 6.99. At 6.99 a book, you should darn well have gotten professional editing. Now, there could have been updates since then, but if you're charging 6.99, it shouldn't need updates. Book reviewers should not be your editors.
-Too many characters. It took almost 40% of the book just to introduce them all and their back-stories.
-The dialogue is weird. Be consistent. Why would the same person who says flyin' and ta instead of to not say contractions? We are. You are. I will. They will. The prose was very formal even when the person speaking was a hick.
-The characterizations are overly dramatized. Everyone is really really kind and wonderful or really really mean and nasty or annoying. They were also inconsistent... the Australian girl, for example, who spent all day collecting eggs and wasn't allowed to go to school. How did she go from not knowing how to read to knowing how to read?
-One of the chicks is just disgusting. Not sure why that plot-line is there. I like a nicely done romance--lesbians or male/female, but this thing going on with Jo and Madge/Midge/cannot-remember-her-name is not a pleasant side story.
I had no idea that the ATA existed. I knew about the WASP initiative in the U.S. because of my years in the USAF, but had no idea the same thing happened in the UK. So cool. Miss Erin once again has written a brilliant novel. I read this because of the 'About the Author' section of Through the Darkness novel. Man this girl is no joke.
I will give this 2 stars only because I will probably finish the book and it is about flying and WW2.
I have several specific problems with it. 1. the women are told in may 1940 they will be flying several planes that were not in production at that time (Corsair, Mustang, Hellcat, Typhoon). 2. a large number of the women are lesbian (30%?). I have no problem with lesbians but so many can only be added to the story to support the attractions that form. 3. 2 of the women are chosen to fly what are essentially combat missions. the chances of this are pretty close to 0.
I have other problems with the story but they are not so concrete as those above.
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