Authors are advised to write about what they know. Mrs. Spieth intimately knows the subject of being a female plebe at 90%+ West Point. The drama, the story, is less taut than I would like but that should come with time and more writing. I enjoy reading about women who are strong in the face of (unfair) adversity and her character is. From other books about life at WP there are more hazing practices, more hurdles, she did not address ... yet. I hope you do Mrs. Spieth in future books. Jon The book started off just like plebes start off at West Point: you have NO idea what's going on until a few chapters in. But once you catch the flow of the book, things start to become clearer and make sense. At first I wasn't sure I was interested in a book like this, but as I read, I couldn't STOP reading. I stayed up all night to finished this book.While some things have changed for women in the military (and some things haven't), it's an interesting perspective and throwback to what things were like in the 80s for women officers. My husband is in the military and has been for 14 years, and he'll vouch for a lot of what happened in this book happening to women even now.Unsure at first, but ended up being addicted to it!
What do You think about Gray Girl (2000)?
I have a thing for military and academy stories in particular.
—nicia
Good fast read. Enjoyed learning about Woo Poo University.
—Emma
Loved it. e-book. read 2014. See Amazon review.
—leksati
