Skip to main content

Atomic Love

 


Jennie Fields's historical accuracy in Atomic Love is unrivaled, but, like everything, is not perfect.

Summary

Chicago, 1950. Rosalind Porter is just getting herself back together after her long-time relationship breaks up and her long-time project blows up (literally, she was an integral scientist in the Manhattan Project). Her heart is broken by her boyfriend, more like a soulmate, Thomas Weaver, who is also a scientist. Her soul broke though when the bombs fell and burst Nagasaki and Hiroshima into a million pieces that would never truly be put back together. She felt guilty and empty. 

She's getting back on her feet though. She spends fun-filled weekends with her mini-twin and niece, Ava. She visits her sister and brother-and-law (more like her mother and father because Roz's mom was so old when she was born), Louisa and Henry. Her life is finally settling down, that's when Weaver starts to call again. And call and call and call and call. Staying strong, Rosalind turns him down every single time. Coffee? No. Drinks? No. Dinner? No. Drop by? NO, until FBI agent Charlie Szydlo lets her know that Weaver might be a Russian informant. The FBI wishes for Miss Porter to be a spy of their own to check up on Weaver - to get to know what he is hiding if he is hiding something. Soon, details begin to make sense, but some pieces don't fall into place. Weaver is married? Weaver's wife has disappeared? 

Rosalind also grapples with restarting her career in science and rekindling her love for the profession. Speaking of love, will Roz fall for Weaver all over again or does she see something in the mysterious, war veteran Charlie?

Review

This book is GOOD. Don't get me wrong. The historical accuracy is unparalleled by any historical fiction book I've read. There are so many details from hair, to cosmetics, to clothing, to mannerisms, to language, to war history, to TV shows, to restaurants! Jennie Fields hit the history OUT OF THE PARK. Seriously, amazing. 

BUT.

The intimate scenes were too much for me. Don't get me wrong, I like a little romance. It keeps me on my toes. While history needs to be detailed, sex scenes don't. That's my two cents. This is definitely an adult book. 

That said, I give this 3 stars. You should definitely read it if you are over 16, but if you are not yet to this age, please don't read it. The amazing detail will be overshadowed by the awkwardness of intimacy. 

Happy Reading!! Please let me know what you think in the comments below!


Audience: 16 (or sophomores) +
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Date Published: 2020
ISBN: 9780593082332
Format: hardback
Genre: Adult Fiction/Historical Fiction


*sensitive material* - minor character is gay, PTSD, alcoholism (brief), homosexuality (brief), & detailed intimacy

            *FYI - If you are uncomfortable with any of this, you can skip it when you see any of these topics about to start in the story. The story remains the same without all of it.*
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Author Spotlight: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley At my school, I am a Library Leader. (Library Leaders promote reading in the middle school and recommend books for the younger grades.) The Library Leaders had the fortunate opportunity of eating lunch and meeting with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. We got to ask her questions and just talk with her. Mrs. Bradley also spoke to the whole seventh and eighth grade in assembly about her research. 1)      When/How does she write? Mrs. Bradley writes in the morning, but this depends on her chores for the day. She got into her routine when her children, now graduating college and out of college, were small and went to school. She would always wait until her husband took them to drop them off at school. She likes for her writing space to be very quiet. She prefers typing when she when she writes as to writing. (This may be pretty common; I do not know what the common format among writers is today. I just thought I would include eve...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Great Literary Trip: Day 1

Hello everyone, and welcome to 16 days on the road with Between the Pages! I am traveling the east coast for around two weeks finding the best bookstores, exploring literary sites, and plundering my way through roughly 2,000 miles of land, through hamlets and cities, through rain and sun. This reader is up to the challenge. Are you? As promised, I will supply a daily report of my wanderings including the cities we explored, the sites we discovered, and the shops we visited. Without further adieu, here is day 1! (More exciting reports are to come, as driving was today's main {*only*} activity.) Day 1 CITIES We made it to three main cities today: Bristol, TN , Knoxville, TN , and Charlottesville, VA . Again, today's main activity was driving (and driving and driving and driving). Today was not my first journey to any of the three cities; however, this road trip shed new light on each one. BOOKSTORES Our first literary stop of the entire trip was a spontaneous one. The original pl...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Southeast's Best Bookstores

      Southern Living's  The South's Best Bookstores highlights five bookstores in the southeastern United States that the publication deems noteworthy based on a wide range of traits. While the article does not go into much detail nor has a central theme besides telling readers of good bookshops, the bookstores look credible after further research. While I have only been to one of the stores (Sundog Books in Seaside, which I love), I did research on the others and found four more bookshops to put on my bucket-list.        THE ALABAMA BOOKSMITH      While not very old, The Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham has a long history of literary predecessors. Even so, The Alabama Booksmith holds its own among its successful precursors considering it opened its doors in 1999. The shop makes it its mission to sell all signed copies.  "Every book in the store is now signed!" - The Alabama Booksmith, About Our Store.  Additiona...
Post a Comment
Read more