A review by eileen9311
Before The Fall by Juliet West

3.0

Initially I was unsettled by the seeming fragmentation in Before the Fall. However, I soon realized that the author deliberately put the reader slightly off balance in an attempt to convey the prevailing atmosphere of war time London. How clearly the inconvenience, the loneliness, the anxiety, uncertainty and grief were conveyed! It was very well written and engrossing, but terribly sad. This quote from the back cover says it all. ‘As poignant as it is powerful. With tremendous sensitivity and insight, Juliet West explores the consequences of private lives engulfed by the public catastrophe of war.'