rhonaea 's review for:

Bournville by Jonathan Coe

4.0

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While this was an enjoyable family saga, set against post war English social history, I don’t think I’d describe it as particularly funny or moving. Coe explores societal change, set in Bournville as middle England, and featuring the EU Chocolate Wars, through Mary the central character. Starting a VE Day and finishing with a lockdown-period funeral, it touches in a range of themes which reading groups will find easy to discuss. It’s a very accessible novel, flowing prose, and has links to another 4 books, which readers may want to go on and explore.