A review by mad_books_
The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

An interesting fictional account of what life was like in Ireland during colonization and the cognitive dissonance and fatigue that submerged upon England’s arrival. I say cognitive dissonance and fatigue specifically in reference to the character’s attitudes towards the British soldiers (for example, inviting them to tennis parties and getting romantically involved when the English are there to force them into oppression) but it is prevalent as well in their attitudes towards the war itself. I gave this book two stars for the aforementioned qualities but only three stars because it was a bit of a drag and I would likely have DNF’d it had I not been forced to read it for school.