A review by mazza57
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks

2.0

I know this was written a long time ago -1998 - and maybe at that time it was out there with the best of historical literature about WW II. However for me it has nothing new and in some ways I find it more disappointing than just the general glut of such fiction. I felt that the boundaries of what could have happened and what did happen were sometimes stretched beyond credulity. A girl sent on a short trip by government is just allowed to stay to try and find a boyfriend. This is a girl who supposedly wants to do more for her country but spends an inordinate amount of time being a housekeeper. I am simply not convinced by it. For me it also has elements of the things i find most difficult about Faulk's writing, the sheer wordiness made me think of Tolstoy - lots of words, little action. Everything happens in the last 100 pages of the book.