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A review by pixiebix
Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli
2.75
This was beautiful, but just short. Like, way too short. Like, do-I-have-an-edition-where-the-final-pages-have-fallen-out short. That ending was almost implausibly abrupt.
I do think that if it had been a normal-length novel my rating wouldn't have gone up too much, as the writing did hold back a little more than I would've liked it to and definitely fell into 'plain' territory (which meant for me it a) didn't pack as much of an emotional punch as it could have and b) probably won't be super super memorable for me). It still is a beautiful book, however, and I would have loved to have seen the characters expanded on further than the 150 pages allowed.
I do think that if it had been a normal-length novel my rating wouldn't have gone up too much, as the writing did hold back a little more than I would've liked it to and definitely fell into 'plain' territory (which meant for me it a) didn't pack as much of an emotional punch as it could have and b) probably won't be super super memorable for me). It still is a beautiful book, however, and I would have loved to have seen the characters expanded on further than the 150 pages allowed.