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molekilby 's review for:
To Serve Them All My Days
by R.F. Delderfield
The saying goes that you can get lost in a good book, and this is a book you can get lost in, and enjoy being lost. This is a reread for me, at least the second, possibly third, but not read for at least 25 years. So I was familiar with the story if not the detail, but being reacquainted with PJ, Chad Boyer, et al, was comforting and peaceful.
I love Delderfield books, and I don’t think there are many authors like him in modern times, but he writes well, and I would like to think his principles shine through in his characters and the situations. I for one would love to read a biography of him, and just check if I’m right in this assertion. Seemingly left wing in his thinking and female characters that break away from the usual at his time of writing the books, they are very forward thinking. He easily invokes both happiness and tragedy, while keeping the narrative moving.
I would certainly recommend reading any of his works, particularly this one.
I love Delderfield books, and I don’t think there are many authors like him in modern times, but he writes well, and I would like to think his principles shine through in his characters and the situations. I for one would love to read a biography of him, and just check if I’m right in this assertion. Seemingly left wing in his thinking and female characters that break away from the usual at his time of writing the books, they are very forward thinking. He easily invokes both happiness and tragedy, while keeping the narrative moving.
I would certainly recommend reading any of his works, particularly this one.