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despina284's review
5.0
2019 Good Reads Reading Challenge
[OCTOBER - "I just wanna tell you that some people have war in their countries"]
Wonderful and poignant collection of letters sent from or to soldiers fighting on the front during WW1. It really makes you reconsider a couple of things in life and strikes straight to the heart in some cases. Lest we forget....
[OCTOBER - "I just wanna tell you that some people have war in their countries"]
Wonderful and poignant collection of letters sent from or to soldiers fighting on the front during WW1. It really makes you reconsider a couple of things in life and strikes straight to the heart in some cases. Lest we forget....
mrsbooknerd's review against another edition
4.0
This was a compelling and haunting read that was actually quite unexpected.
I loved that each letter had it's own voice and story, and yet as a collection showed the unified hardships that people - regardless of their age, gender or nationality- suffered.
As a history student and someone who enjoys language I loved seeing what life was like on both sides (home and the front) and the language used by those writing the letters.
I don't know why I can't give a five star rating. I guess the reader in me wanted the full picture whether that be a happy or sad ending. Rather than just we don't know what happened here. Even as the historian knows this is probably an impossible task.
I loved that each letter had it's own voice and story, and yet as a collection showed the unified hardships that people - regardless of their age, gender or nationality- suffered.
As a history student and someone who enjoys language I loved seeing what life was like on both sides (home and the front) and the language used by those writing the letters.
I don't know why I can't give a five star rating. I guess the reader in me wanted the full picture whether that be a happy or sad ending. Rather than just we don't know what happened here. Even as the historian knows this is probably an impossible task.
rosiefrancais's review
5.0
I think in a way giving this book a star rating is somewhat disingenuous, since the authors of the letters within it probably weren't expecting me to be reading them 100 years later and forming an opinion of their writing.
Thankfully, this book mostly reminded me that people are fundamentally always people, and the number of times I sobbed over it probably backs that up.
A few quotes:
'One can have lots of kisses in a taxi when needs must! Aren't I getting depraved?'
'But he admits he has difficulty putting his feelings into words and adds thirty-six kisses to compensate.'
Thankfully, this book mostly reminded me that people are fundamentally always people, and the number of times I sobbed over it probably backs that up.
A few quotes:
'One can have lots of kisses in a taxi when needs must! Aren't I getting depraved?'
'But he admits he has difficulty putting his feelings into words and adds thirty-six kisses to compensate.'
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