false 1 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 17:14:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 17:15:22 -0700 2009
And you can tell.

It is obvious Edwards is very familiar with these characters, and is intent on making the reader just as familiar. Down to the minutiae.

On the plus side, yet another world war 2-centric book to add to my growing menagerie.

Unfortunately, also yet another book club pick that fairly missed the mark for me, I’m afraid. I’m not a fan of time travel books that bend and twist time to revert back on itself. This book posits that 2 men, father and son, travel back in time at the moment of their deaths. Ultimately, the idea is that they have already changed the future with actions they’ve made in the past (a past neither were born into, if that makes sense?).

It is a well-weaved tale, with few inconsistencies. A tribute, as it is VERY intricate in detail. I can recall only one misleading item (which still bothers me in its inconsistency). But this is the nature of my reading, I’m afraid.

The interweaving of real individuals of history with fictional characters was meant to lend a sense of authenticity to the story. Instead, I think it simply placed my focus a little too sharply on areas in which there was no need.

All in all, I don’t think I would recommend this book. It was a decent read, but it was unnerving and perhaps a little pompous, in my opinion.
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