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Regeneration by Pat Barker
3.0
Offering a tragic and confronting view on the outcomes of war, there is no denying that the themes covered in Regeneration make it an important book to read.
How the First World War impacted those who fought in it and the limbo so many of them found themselves in between wanting to fight and wanting to live, makes the whole notion of war seem cruel and absurd.
The stories assigned to each of these men, each horrific, makes you wonder how there can be any expectation for these soldiers to return to any kind of normalcy should they survive. Barker captured their agony in a raw, tortured and defeated way which accentuated the hopelessness of their reality. She unpacked what we now refer to as PTSD, and demanded we stare it directly the face.
I only wish we got to stay with some of the characters longer, to get to know them better, allowing us to feel for them as individuals rather than as a collective.
How the First World War impacted those who fought in it and the limbo so many of them found themselves in between wanting to fight and wanting to live, makes the whole notion of war seem cruel and absurd.
The stories assigned to each of these men, each horrific, makes you wonder how there can be any expectation for these soldiers to return to any kind of normalcy should they survive. Barker captured their agony in a raw, tortured and defeated way which accentuated the hopelessness of their reality. She unpacked what we now refer to as PTSD, and demanded we stare it directly the face.
I only wish we got to stay with some of the characters longer, to get to know them better, allowing us to feel for them as individuals rather than as a collective.