Honestly, it shocked me too but, aside from a couple of moments, this novel didn't quite connect and I, as much as I tried to, could not feel that invested in Stephen Wraysford and his life.
It made for a harrowing, uncomfortable, but necessary read.Īs much as this might make me seem like a slightly cold-hearted bitch, the only thing holding me back from giving this the 5 stars it probably deserves is that I didn't feel as moved by it as much as expected. The frequent descriptions of the claustrophobia of being in the tunnels, to the horror of seeing a friend's head getting blown off by a machine gun, even to the almost irrational fears Stephen has of the canary, they all felt so real and I had to stop reading at a few moments to make sure that all my limbs and body parts were still in place. It was really well-written, it didn't feel too drawn out, or too constricted, and the imagery of war was especially evocative.
This was a great book, and I can totally see why it would get 5 stars.
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