A review by adjak
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford

5.0

This is an absolutely wonderful set of books. Starting out, I was sure that this would be a slog due to how dense the language was, but I could not have been more wrong. After a bit, I got the hang of the language and it was a joy to read. All of the characters were infinitely interesting and I was always curious as to what could possibly happen next. There were a couple of side characters that felt a bit two dimensional, but there was a good number of characters and not all of them had enough time to be fully fleshed out so I'm more than happy to give that a pass. I thought the structure was interesting too. It's told in chronological order, but with a lot of internal monologues thinking back to previous events. And it really works for the plot. It's interesting knowing at the beginning of a chapter or section how things turn out and then figuring how it all happened later on. I'll definitely enjoy rereading these books in the future.