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Vicky Thomasson
Jan 15, 2015 rated it it was ok
To say I didn't enjoy this book at all is an understatement. The reason it got two stars instead of one was because I thought the war bits were quite well written, I could not say the same thing for the rest of the book however. I felt it was trying to be too clever - it was actually quite predictable and boring. There were bits that I felt were added unnecessarily. I actually laughed out loud when Elizabeth decided to call her baby John because I felt that the 1979 parts were so rushed that it ...more
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David Spencer
Oct 09, 2022 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Meh

I wasn't moved or convinced. It lacked emotion and the ability to conjure vivid pictures. About a quarter of the book was dedicated to describing the romance between the lead character and his fling, which was disappointing for a book of this length, and after reading the self-proclaimed effort that went into researching world war one, I expected a vivid conjuring of the war. ...more
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Irissska
Jan 21, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 50_books, 100_books, adventure-action-quest, made_me_cry, 1001_books, historical-or-altern_history, war_hostilities
5 stars only for chapters about the wwi. Pre-war chapters are good. Post-war.., well, ok.
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