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A review by tospeakordie
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
5.0
This is the first 5 star book I have read for a long time. Sometimes the writing style didn’t seem completely consistent, and sometimes the pacing felt slightly ‘longwinded’?
But none of that matters. This was a five star book because it couldn’t have evoked more perfect emotions in me. I have been restless while reading this book, because my mind has been with Gaunt and Ellwood.
I feel disgusted at the world and disgusted that the century of peace did not come, and that people continue to die in the ways pictured in this book.
I cannot describe how much this book has affected me. It’s not my first piece of war fiction but seeing queer love, as well as being a boy their age, has made me feel uncomfortably close to it. Uncomfortable is good. I don’t think this book is going to stop taking up space in my mind for a long time. This morning I woke up mouthing Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. I feel this pain in my bones. I look at all the men and love we lost - and lose -and feel sick.
But none of that matters. This was a five star book because it couldn’t have evoked more perfect emotions in me. I have been restless while reading this book, because my mind has been with Gaunt and Ellwood.
I feel disgusted at the world and disgusted that the century of peace did not come, and that people continue to die in the ways pictured in this book.
I cannot describe how much this book has affected me. It’s not my first piece of war fiction but seeing queer love, as well as being a boy their age, has made me feel uncomfortably close to it. Uncomfortable is good. I don’t think this book is going to stop taking up space in my mind for a long time. This morning I woke up mouthing Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. I feel this pain in my bones. I look at all the men and love we lost - and lose -and feel sick.