“Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war America. Rich with historical detail and brilliant story-telling, the book follows three athletes on their path to compete – and win – in a man’s world. Brava to Elise Hooper for bringing these inspiring heroines to the wide audience they so richly deserve.”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and The House Girl.""Acclaimed author Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women’s Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany."
With this said, I didn't really fall in love with this historical fiction piece but did appreciate the effort and the research that went into it.
While the characters were interesting nothing really kept me interested throughout the read and was zoning out.
Not being invested really hurt the rest of the momentum because these ladies had much to offer the world and the three of them really went on to do enormous things in their lives aside from the Olympics.
It was during the late 30's with Hitler at the helm and so the hardships these women endured with such a dictator and authoritarian was also evident.
Needless to say the hardships these women faced both professionally and personally attributed to their successes and the pictures at the end of the book in my opinion should've been placed at the front and given credit to women who opened so many doors for others to go through.
No comments:
Post a Comment