A review by katzmeow74
A 1940s childhood: From Bomb Sites to Children's Hour by James Marsh

5.0

I had mixed feelings about this book. The writing style is similar to other books I enjoyed such as Mozart's Last Aria, The Historian, Thirteenth Tale, etc. It jumped back and forth between two time periods which was ok, because it flowed easily and made sense for the overall story. What I didnt like about the story was that it was beyond predictable. I knew by 100 pages into this over 500 page book, how the women from the different time periods were connected, who the mysterious aunt really was, etc. There was no mystery to it. Which to be fair, that may have been intentional. My personal taste is for a bit of mystery. I like to be surprised at the end. Other than that, I enjoyed the book.