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by Kate Atkinson
The low rating of this book seems unfair. Is this a WWII EPIC like Life After Life and A God in Ruins? No, it's a much more low-key, slow-burn kind of book. We don't get the million different ways to die during the Blitz or in a fighter-plane, but we get a look into the underworld, of spies and dissidents, of not knowing who to trust, of not even knowing if it's all worth the trouble. Juliet is a strange character: she's a bit aloof as if she doesn't know what to do with herself since her mother died. She dreams vaguely of romance but not much seems to rock her boat, she's not passionate about a cause or other people, but she does her work well. The plot presents a few mysteries but there's no great crescendo of tensions or revelations - we just slowly unveil things, but all with the marvelous Atkinson sense of humour. While this isn't one of those previous masterpieces, I still enjoyed it a lot.