![]() ![]() There was a lot of historical and technical data in this book about battles and guns and politics and such. But for a stretch of time they were fighting Hitler, so there is honor in that I suppose.Īs usual, Quinn shows her superb research skills. I also wonder if I had a subconscious moral dilemma about how I should feel toward Russian soldiers. I still like Quinn’s The Rose Code better than Diamond Eye because of its more suspenseful story line, but I still enjoyed this one. Though her gender kept her from the military decorations awarded to other soldiers, her official kill count tallied at over 300 and her skill and heroism was never questioned by her fellow soldiers. She will show her son strength and courage. When the call comes for soldiers, she hones her shooting skills and becomes a sniper. Slavka’s father is absent and disinterested in their life so Mila is determined to be both mother and father to her son. Mila is driven by her love for her son, Slavka. The Diamond Eye is the fictionalized-true story of Mila Pavlichenko, female sniper in the Russian army. ![]() ![]() What drives a woman to become a sniper in WWII? When I heard a rifle sing in my hands as I buried a bullet through the neck of a bottle and sent the base flying into diamond shards… and realized who and how I could be.” When I realized I could not miss, not ever. “I only knew that my dark side awoke when I realized there was no room in my life for mistakes. ![]()
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