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The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson
I am bucking the trend by not rating this higher. Perhaps it was the posh accents all through the narrative and class snobbery that dampened my enthusiasm. The book picked up at the end though not enough to totally redeem it for me.
I also think I was influenced by a number of novels I read about World War I that took a much more serious tone such as [b:Testament of Youth|374388|Testament of Youth|Vera Brittain|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390091385s/374388.jpg|364275] by Vera Brittain. That novel led me to read a series of other novels set in the period. As I was in my twenties, I don't recall the names of the others. I've yet to read Pat Barker's remarkable series nor Sebastian Barry's [b:A Long Long Way|379087|A Long Long Way|Sebastian Barry|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388286097s/379087.jpg|368906]. I am going to read Barry's book soon and recently picked up the ebook of Testament of Youth.
3.5 stars
I also think I was influenced by a number of novels I read about World War I that took a much more serious tone such as [b:Testament of Youth|374388|Testament of Youth|Vera Brittain|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390091385s/374388.jpg|364275] by Vera Brittain. That novel led me to read a series of other novels set in the period. As I was in my twenties, I don't recall the names of the others. I've yet to read Pat Barker's remarkable series nor Sebastian Barry's [b:A Long Long Way|379087|A Long Long Way|Sebastian Barry|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388286097s/379087.jpg|368906]. I am going to read Barry's book soon and recently picked up the ebook of Testament of Youth.
3.5 stars