A review by booklarking
Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This novel set against the backdrop of the author's experience is a  meditation on death and dieing for one's country. It is set against the backdrop of a single reconnaissance flight in May 1940 and is as absorbing and mesmerising as it is disturbing.