A review by dnandrews797
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain

4.0

While I read this in fits and starts, putting it down for a time when the plot would slow down, I think it’s a excellent novel about World War I from a perspective not often covered in war novels: that of women. Brittan’s struggle in her role as a nurse and her loss of most close friends, fiancée, and her brother is written about in beautifully tragic prose that really conveyed the magnitude of her loss and disillusionment characteristic of this time period. Though it slowed down towards the beginning and a bit at the end, overall it was a lovely experience and oddly relatable in these trying times.