A review by memoriesfrombooks
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

3.0

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson has the elements to make me fall in love with the book. I enjoy it, but I don't fall in love with the story. Helen Simonson's beautiful writing submerges the reader into the world of East Sussex, England; but the story is slow and feels as if I have read it before. I wait for a unique twist on the theme, but that seems missing.

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Reviewed based on a publisher’s galley received through NetGalley