The Tiger Claw by Shauna Singh Baldwin

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The Tiger Claw by Shauna Singh Baldwin

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The Tiger claw is a historical novel based on the real life story of Noor Inayat Khan, who was a radio operator and a spy during World War 2.
This book was a very big disappointment. I gave it 1 out of 4 stars. The synopsis of the book is incredibly interesting but the author did a horrible job in execution. This book was actually boring. I really struggled to finish this book and I seriously thought I wouldn't be able to finish it because reading it was so frustrating. I didn't really like any of the characters and the descriptions are so tediously long that I felt like I should have just passed over them. This book is set during World War 2 yet somehow the author finds a way to make the war seem dull. Towards the end of the novel there were some good parts but that couldn't make me forget the agony of reading the first 3/4 of the book.
I also disliked the way the author wrote. The way she articulated her sentences seemed unnatural, the words didn't flow, which made it hard to read for long periods of time. Also towards the end of the book the author starts to describe things in short, cut sentences that last a whole page, which I had to read with a lot of patience.
Overall, this book lacked detail about the interesting things and gave too much detail on the mundane things.
Has anyone else read this book? What did you think about it? :P
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