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I really wanted to love this book- Military nursing histories and memoirs are kind of my "thing", so this subject in the hands of Kenneally? Recipe for joy.
However, I found this book to be altogether too long, a little bit on the boring side once the action calmed down at various points and I disliked the cop out of an ending.
I didn't feel particularly connected to Sally or Naomi- possibly Kenneally's intention? But the supporting characters I did like.
I found myself skipping over parts as I wa ...more
However, I found this book to be altogether too long, a little bit on the boring side once the action calmed down at various points and I disliked the cop out of an ending.
I didn't feel particularly connected to Sally or Naomi- possibly Kenneally's intention? But the supporting characters I did like.
I found myself skipping over parts as I wa ...more
This is the first novel I have read by Australian Author Tom Keneally, and I picked it up after being recommended it by another lady browsing the same section of the book store.
Naomi and Sally are both described as aloof, and certainly I did feel as if I was kept distanced from them as characters. There were times I would have liked to have known more about what they thought and more importantly felt in regards to the situations they found themselves in. Because we were being shown the world lar ...more
Naomi and Sally are both described as aloof, and certainly I did feel as if I was kept distanced from them as characters. There were times I would have liked to have known more about what they thought and more importantly felt in regards to the situations they found themselves in. Because we were being shown the world lar ...more
I enjoyed the story but felt somehow distant from the characters. It's setting is in the 1st world war so there are some pretty horrific things going on around Sally and Naomi but it all seems so matter of fact.
I find the style of the writing a bit over the top. There were many places in the book where I was pulled out of the story by the overblown descriptions. ...more
I find the style of the writing a bit over the top. There were many places in the book where I was pulled out of the story by the overblown descriptions. ...more
Jun 03, 2012
Tango
marked it as to-read
