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Regeneration
by Pat Barker
This was a well, constructed and interesting book about a psychiatric hospital for traumatised soldiers in World War 1. Inpatients in the hospital include poet, Siegfried Sassoon who has been sent there after declaring that he no longer supported the War. Wilfred Owen, another poet, is also an inpatient.
Overall, I enjoyed the book but I wasn't gripped by it. I expected a bit more about the relationship between Sassoon and Owen. I would have liked a bit more depth and description to embellish the interesting story. It dose have a powerful message about the terrors of War and the mental trauma many soldiers and officers suffered from during the 1st World War and in subsequent Wars.
Overall, I enjoyed the book but I wasn't gripped by it. I expected a bit more about the relationship between Sassoon and Owen. I would have liked a bit more depth and description to embellish the interesting story. It dose have a powerful message about the terrors of War and the mental trauma many soldiers and officers suffered from during the 1st World War and in subsequent Wars.