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A review by jeo224
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
4.0
First of all, this was a very long undertaking, even for a book on CD. I also had several library books to get through. Otherwise, it would only have taken a month at most ...
For the audio version, Steven Crossley, the reader, is amazing. It is worth listening to anything he does ...
The writing was also good. This is a very "modern" novel. I picked it up because the price was right :) but I was also interested as I have read Virginia Woolf and several of the folks writing at the same time as she was. I felt this would be a slightly "older" generation than her writing, but it wasn't. It also had some comedic moments that I liked and did not expect. Not to put in spoilers, but I was impressed, as someone who works with Veterans, at the understanding of PTSD and trauma. Even the understanding of the brain seemed more advanced than I expected.
Worth reading, particularly if you are interested in this time period or writers from this time period.
For the audio version, Steven Crossley, the reader, is amazing. It is worth listening to anything he does ...
The writing was also good. This is a very "modern" novel. I picked it up because the price was right :) but I was also interested as I have read Virginia Woolf and several of the folks writing at the same time as she was. I felt this would be a slightly "older" generation than her writing, but it wasn't. It also had some comedic moments that I liked and did not expect. Not to put in spoilers, but I was impressed, as someone who works with Veterans, at the understanding of PTSD and trauma. Even the understanding of the brain seemed more advanced than I expected.
Worth reading, particularly if you are interested in this time period or writers from this time period.