This is a sporadic, chaotic and often non-nonsensical diary written by a young soldier, who I highly doubt meant it for publication. It isn't a gripping personal account of much other than snippets here and there about her loves, friendships, and trying to get to the front. These are her personal thoughts and so they may have made sense to her but they make little sense to the outside reader. Had this been some sort of well-written, deep, dark memoir of a soldier's feelings while on the front, that would have been fine, but it isn't. And understandably so. She was either in battle, trying to find her way to her unit or in the hospital from injuries, so it makes sense that she didn't have time to write a on deeper topics than she did.
Had the author intertwined her diary with some more facts about her life and service, this might have been a fascinating book, but as it stands, it was rather boring and gave little insight to what her life was like.
Other than a couple of brief mentions about shooting and body counts, there is nothing in here that would interest a reader looking for first-hand accounts of battles or tactics.
She was a hero of the Soviet Union because she was one heck of a soldier, shooter and leader, but this diary does not relate to that. Instead, without any context, readers are left thinking that she was just some sort of front-line floozy.
I do not fault the author, other than for the title (although that may have been the publisher). The author set out to directly translate this diary into English, and did it. I fault the description of this book in the Amazon listing for not being more honest about what this book is about. The description makes reference to the soldier and her life, not to the actual book. The soldier was an incredible asset to her country but her diary leaves a bit to be desired as a good military history/autobiographical read.
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