A review by jaclynday
The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday

4.0

The Last Flight of Poxl West is constructed as a book-within-a-book, switching from Eli’s modern perspective to his uncle’s World War II memoir, Skylock. This book is getting a lot of attention now (deservedly) and I’m glad I read it. The story was gripping–maybe not quite at first, but I became pretty invested after about 80-100 pages. The reason I really enjoyed this book was not for the plot or the characters (though I did like both), but because Torday has a beautiful talent for writing. There were a few portions so wonderfully written that I stopped to re-read them several times.