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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
**** : La guerre a éclaté. Une partie de la famille se réfugie à Home Place dirigé de main de maître par la Duche. Les enfants grandissent : les aînés tentent de vivre leurs rêves malgre la guerre; les plus jeunes partagés entre la réalité et l'insouciance de leur âge. On retrouve la finesse et l'humour du premier tome.
Continuing on the comfort-read jag. Still loving it, WW2 has started now and shit is getting real for the Cazelets. One thing that strikes me about these books is the casual mention of insects in day to day life; lights covered in moths, flies buzzing. It shows how much has scarily changed about rural life since this was written.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Most of the these characters seem somewhat oblivious that there is a war going on and are more concerned with their status than other people's lives. The first instalment had a bit of an upstairs / downstairs element, but now the downstairs has completely disappeared.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Si queréis escuchar mi reseña, os dejo aquí el link a Librorum podcast:
https://sons.red/2020/02/12/50-tiempo-de-espera-cronicas-de-los-cazalet-2-elizabeth-jane-howard/
https://sons.red/2020/02/12/50-tiempo-de-espera-cronicas-de-los-cazalet-2-elizabeth-jane-howard/
Can’t wait to get the next one. And what a life she lived!
I enjoyed this sequel to "The Light Years" and second book in the five novel Cazalet Chronicles. It was as engaging and absorbing as the first, portraying the same cast of characters over the two year period 1939 to 1941, at the beginning of the Second World War. Several of the characters are given a more in-depth treatment which helped to cement their significance in the story. Apart from anything else, the book is a fascinating social commentary of an upper middle class family living in a time of war, which despite their relatively privileged status, affected them all in one way or another. It's also an enlightening picture of family life, relationships, marriage, parenthood and most strikingly the role of women at the time. Howard has a unique skill in writing in the voice of children which is always utterly convincing.
two books into this series now, and , love the flow of these books, they just move right along, and I'm quite attached to the characters....