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A review by maddie_reads_stuff
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer
4.0
A London writer looking for inspiration after WWII finds herself entranced by the stories of the people of Guernsey, which was occupied by Germans during the war.
I tend to avoid WWII books, but this one was very enjoyable and did a nice job of touching on what the war was like for a lot of different people in different places--the British homefront, an occupied territory, (briefly) a concentration camp--while still managing to keep an overall positive outlook and endearing romantic subplot.
The audiobook narrators also did an excellent job reading it. Though listening to the book may have made me disinclined to like Mark from the start, since his American accent clashed with all those beautiful British ones.. :)
I tend to avoid WWII books, but this one was very enjoyable and did a nice job of touching on what the war was like for a lot of different people in different places--the British homefront, an occupied territory, (briefly) a concentration camp--while still managing to keep an overall positive outlook and endearing romantic subplot.
The audiobook narrators also did an excellent job reading it. Though listening to the book may have made me disinclined to like Mark from the start, since his American accent clashed with all those beautiful British ones.. :)