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A review by chapman
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
3.0
After watching and enjoying the TV adaptation of this book I wanted to read the original. Madox Ford was not an author I had heard of before. I enjoyed the book and as always, there is more insight into the characters perspectives and it's an interesting comparison to see things from the book not included on screen and how that makes little changes to things.
The insights into the incompetence and ignorance of so many people in authority, their unwillingness to listen to anything that might contradict their preconceived ideas with facts and reality. The tragedy that results from it, on both a large and small scale.
The fight for women's suffrage playing along in parallel and the constant demands and expectations of women in their rigidly defined roles and the struggle to break free. I have to say I did not enjoy the significant age difference between the two main characters being love interests and I liked the TV version, which reduces this a great deal. I find it a little hard sometimes to find the attraction credible aside from him being sympathetic to the suffrage cause, unlike most of the men portrayed, but the dramas of social scandals happening between the conflict is quite fun.
An enjoyable read over all.
The insights into the incompetence and ignorance of so many people in authority, their unwillingness to listen to anything that might contradict their preconceived ideas with facts and reality. The tragedy that results from it, on both a large and small scale.
The fight for women's suffrage playing along in parallel and the constant demands and expectations of women in their rigidly defined roles and the struggle to break free. I have to say I did not enjoy the significant age difference between the two main characters being love interests and I liked the TV version, which reduces this a great deal. I find it a little hard sometimes to find the attraction credible aside from him being sympathetic to the suffrage cause, unlike most of the men portrayed, but the dramas of social scandals happening between the conflict is quite fun.
An enjoyable read over all.