toebean5 's review for:

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

4.0

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For a book covering a relatively short period of time, this is a bit of an epic work. If you are going to/need to rush it, just save it for another time! The characterization is great, the story is engaging, and for being a book about a devastating war, I wasn't completely devastated at the ending (only partially devastated :) )I want to see a BBC miniseries out of this- because there's so much going on and there isn't enough room to explore everything- my only complaint.