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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
heresyourletter's review
Too depressing. I personally don’t like books about men having affairs just because their wife is postpartum
pegish's review against another edition
5.0
A terrifically entertaining story. Both dramatic and comical all the time. Lovely historical novel with interesting characters. I now feel the need to re-read Corelli's Mandolin and his other stories too.
amyheap's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a sequel, yet I managed to love it without having read the first book. Set after WWI, and into WWII,in Ceylon, England, and Germany, it follows a cast of eccentric, and flawed characters trying to make their way in peace time after the Great War, and find themselves heading towards war again. It's a novel of relationships, about romantic love, betrayal, parenthood, loyalty, and life. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and look forward to getting the back story once I get hold of the first book.
chriswimpress's review against another edition
4.0
Beautifully written and touching, although this is actually a sequel, which I didn't realise before I started. Need to go back and read the first novel.
kpud's review against another edition
2.0
A big cast and an unsatisfactory ending. But it moves along at a good clip and there is a lot to think about.
kamasue's review against another edition
4.0
It's hard to put a finger on why I enjoyed this book so much. Mainly the characters and the dialogue, I suppose. Everyone is so British and wry [despite Daniel always self-deprecatingly explaining that he's half French]. Also the author is masterful at walking the line between humor and heartbreak.
I also have no idea why I picked up the sequel, but I'm definitely going back to read the first one.
I also have no idea why I picked up the sequel, but I'm definitely going back to read the first one.
sarahvw's review against another edition
3.0
What a great start but then the large cast is too much,not really close to them, you only feel close to a small number and they constant swopping from one to another character,and even worse the first person to narrated sections makes it disjointed....a pity...
There are some very fine and affecting or amusing passages however,the two tragic young deaths and an evening spent by an uncle and his young niece...
Also the heart rending misery of Mr O Raggs beneficence...telling of conditions in the first world war....
There are some very fine and affecting or amusing passages however,the two tragic young deaths and an evening spent by an uncle and his young niece...
Also the heart rending misery of Mr O Raggs beneficence...telling of conditions in the first world war....
memoriesfrombooks's review against another edition
3.0
It takes a while to figure out what So Much Life Left Over by Louis de Bernieres is about and what it is not. The description speaks about lives upended by World War I, but this book is more about relationships than the war. The cover image depicts Ceylon and India, but the book returns fairly early on Britain. Ultimately, this story is Daniel's, and it is this story that keeps me reading until its ending, which seems poised to ask again the question that the story initially poses.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2018/11/so-much-life-left-over.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2018/11/so-much-life-left-over.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
sispud's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
ferryvdhorst's review against another edition
2.0
"No one is ever only one thing. Inside one person there are so many different people, and quite often they're at war with each other, and sometimes one of them is winning, and sometimes another" (So much life left over, p. 102).