Reviews

Regeneration by Pat Barker

danteverill's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

tearich15's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

linthel's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jonah108's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

portlandcat's review against another edition

5.0

I wonder what difference this book might have had if it were required reading at West Point when I was there 20 years ago. I’m a angry that I didn’t have this novel’s message before deploying.

sfletcher26's review against another edition

4.0

Following his public criticism of the way in which the First World War was being fought, Siegfried Sassoon, was sent to Craiglockhart hospital where he was treated by the Neurologist and Ethnographer W H R Rivers.
Taking this as the heart of her story, Barker tells of the treatment of those men suffering shell shock and how they tried to rebuild their lives.
Deeply affecting, beautifully written and brutal in its reality and description of the causes of Shell Shock. My only problem with the book though is the character of Billy Prior. He just never felt convincing and his story felt unreal based as it was in the reality of Craiglockhart.

abickersreads's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

indy_oc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

marti190593's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ianmcnamara's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

could not get into this book at all, The hospital treatment bits were interesting but overall I just found the book to be really slow and difficult to get into. This is not my kind of thing noramlly but the  premis of this one sounded interesting so I was disapointed not to like it.