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faintgirl 's review for:
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
The Ghost Road is the third book in the Regeneration trilogy, and I have to say, I was disappointed. Rivers has moved to war torn London, still dealing with the young fall out from the devastating World War. Prior, a character from the periphery of Regeneration, who moved to the fore in The Eye In The Door, returns to France against Rivers's advice, and the story takes them both to the end of the War. In this respect, the novel was just as captivating and equally sobering as the first. What I couldn't grasp was the need for the bizarre back story of Rivers, his experiences in colonial Africa, and acceptance into a tribe of headhunters. I expected a large denouement, for all of that to fall in with the modern day story, to learn something from his experience there. But it falls flat against the horrifying final moments of the war in France. So mixed feelings about this one, but an excellent trilogy all told.