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The Silent Stars Go By by Sally Nicholls
4.0
“Maybe this was just what happened when things like war got in the way. Maybe this was what being nearly-married to someone was like. Or maybe everything was over and they’d never really been in love at all.”
The Silent Stars Go By is a bittersweet, moving story which despite being set over a century ago still brings relevant and important issues to the surface with thoughtful feminist themes and commentary on war. This short novel captures such a variety of emotions and raises so many questions that really let the reader put themselves in the characters shoes while they navigate impossible situations.
Even with period language, this was masterfully written with short, easy to read chapters and a flow that makes this book run out of pages far too quickly.
The characters were beautiful - Margot was disillusioned, flawed and argumentative - but strong and caring, she was impossible not to love. She was not perfect, she had lied and pretended and made awful decisions - but with the time she lived in and the limitations she faced simply for being born a girl it's easy to see just how she came to make these impossible choices in impossible situations.
This wintery, beautiful story holds a poignant and emotive tale of love and loss that will leave you speechless.
The Silent Stars Go By is a bittersweet, moving story which despite being set over a century ago still brings relevant and important issues to the surface with thoughtful feminist themes and commentary on war. This short novel captures such a variety of emotions and raises so many questions that really let the reader put themselves in the characters shoes while they navigate impossible situations.
Even with period language, this was masterfully written with short, easy to read chapters and a flow that makes this book run out of pages far too quickly.
The characters were beautiful - Margot was disillusioned, flawed and argumentative - but strong and caring, she was impossible not to love. She was not perfect, she had lied and pretended and made awful decisions - but with the time she lived in and the limitations she faced simply for being born a girl it's easy to see just how she came to make these impossible choices in impossible situations.
This wintery, beautiful story holds a poignant and emotive tale of love and loss that will leave you speechless.