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challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
These Days by Lucy Caldwell tells the story of the Belfast Blitz from the view point of two daughters of well to do doctor and his wife as they experience four nights of bombings which destroys much of their city.Â
Audrey is engaged to be married and Emma is in a relationship with Sylvia, a fellow First Aid volunteer, which no one knows about, and the sisters have significant turning points in these relationships as the story unfolds. They are both faced with confronting deep questions about who they are and what they want in the mist of the Second World War.
It is a powerful novel about an important period of WWII which the author has taken time to research. The only thing about this book was the annoyance with the spoken dialogue was not placed in quotation marks. Otherwise, a well written piece of storytelling which was powerful and captured the spirit of a community during a time of war.Â
Audrey is engaged to be married and Emma is in a relationship with Sylvia, a fellow First Aid volunteer, which no one knows about, and the sisters have significant turning points in these relationships as the story unfolds. They are both faced with confronting deep questions about who they are and what they want in the mist of the Second World War.
It is a powerful novel about an important period of WWII which the author has taken time to research. The only thing about this book was the annoyance with the spoken dialogue was not placed in quotation marks. Otherwise, a well written piece of storytelling which was powerful and captured the spirit of a community during a time of war.Â
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, and Death
Minor: Pregnancy
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