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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
Read for ENGLISH A LEVEL COURSEWOR, QUITE ENJOYED IT
i read this in just over a week for my english literature class i found it quite hard to distinguish the 3 main male characters from each other which is bad because Wilfred Owen and at least one other character is a real person from that time i will be going over this book multiple times to take from it what i need
some of the imagery is powerful and easy to visualize and there is references to homosexuality which i found engaging if it wasn't clear before now i am gay
this is not a title i would have chosen to read for fun but i did find parts of it entertaining but no doubt i will loath the book by the end of my corse
some of the imagery is powerful and easy to visualize and there is references to homosexuality which i found engaging if it wasn't clear before now i am gay
this is not a title i would have chosen to read for fun but i did find parts of it entertaining but no doubt i will loath the book by the end of my corse
A very thought-provoking read on WWI--with lessons and conversations that can be applied to so many other wars.
I had to read this for school, and I'm glad I did because it was interesting, if slow and with a clear message: war is bad. This novel focuses on Rivers and a group of patients with shell-shock at a ward during World War I. It's a look at early techniques in psychiatry and how absolutely horrible war is. Regeneration also includes many historical characters; Rivers himself was real, Sassoon was a conscientious objector and of course, the poet Owen is also present.
There are a handful of other characters that stand out: Burns, who can't eat due to his trauma, and Prior, who is selectively mute. It's an interesting demonstration of how war trauma affects people. My complaint is that at times it felt like the novel was written simply to showcase the horrors and aftereffects of the war; there wasn't much of a plot other than that.
I feel like how Baker uses fictionalized versions of real characters to tell a story lessens its impact. Now, I actually have read a history book about Britain's anti-war movement, and I can't remember reading about Owen or Sassoon, but this book makes me want to revisit it. Is it better to read a fictionalized version of events that gets the message across, or a history book that tells many different sides? I guess it's just preference.
There are a handful of other characters that stand out: Burns, who can't eat due to his trauma, and Prior, who is selectively mute. It's an interesting demonstration of how war trauma affects people. My complaint is that at times it felt like the novel was written simply to showcase the horrors and aftereffects of the war; there wasn't much of a plot other than that.
I feel like how Baker uses fictionalized versions of real characters to tell a story lessens its impact. Now, I actually have read a history book about Britain's anti-war movement, and I can't remember reading about Owen or Sassoon, but this book makes me want to revisit it. Is it better to read a fictionalized version of events that gets the message across, or a history book that tells many different sides? I guess it's just preference.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If I hadn't had to read this for school, I would never have finished it. Effectively what is said on the back of the book summarises the entire plot
Good, and in parts moving, but I don't think it can stand next to some the great works of literature flowing from the Great War. Overrated.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
No doubt this is an important and well written novel about World War I. Nonetheless, I was bored to tears by this book. I generally enjoy war fiction so I thought this one would be right up my alley but it wasn't for me. I can recognize that it is a good piece of literature but it fell flat for me, unfortunately.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced