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forgottensecret 's review for:
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
'Prompt as ever, hell erupted. Shells whined over, flashes of light, plumes of water from the drainage ditches, tons of mud and earth flung into the air.'
The weakest of the Regeneration trilogy. Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen barely flicker now from Pat Barker's pen and Billy Prior and Dr Rivers dominate. Unfortunately, they aren't even together and we don't get to see much of Rivers' excellent counselling work at Craiglockhart or elsewhere. Rivers' storyline is instead a flashback to his time in Melanesia while Prior returns to the front.
Dare I say, there is too much Prior? And can we also acknowledge that Rivers is written best when his day is locked in step with the Craiglockhart itinerary or in a similar setting? I'm glad that I completed the trilogy, but I just wasn't charmed by its final entry.
The weakest of the Regeneration trilogy. Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen barely flicker now from Pat Barker's pen and Billy Prior and Dr Rivers dominate. Unfortunately, they aren't even together and we don't get to see much of Rivers' excellent counselling work at Craiglockhart or elsewhere. Rivers' storyline is instead a flashback to his time in Melanesia while Prior returns to the front.
Dare I say, there is too much Prior? And can we also acknowledge that Rivers is written best when his day is locked in step with the Craiglockhart itinerary or in a similar setting? I'm glad that I completed the trilogy, but I just wasn't charmed by its final entry.