The parts about the first World War was very hard to read, mostly because it is a terrible part of history. But, at same time, it was really good to read the development of the story.
Buddy Read with Silver Raindrop. :0)We will leave comments with each other below our reviews, for those who are interested.I have listened to only twenty minutes. I love the prose style, the narration of the audiobook by Peter Firth is excellent and the events already have me terribly curious. Steve...
When I first finished Birdsong, I honestly did not know what to say. My thoughts were jumbled and I wanted to wait until I could see the film version on PBS to see if it would offer a different perspective to aid in my reading and interpretation of the book. I will say that as a first impression, s...
Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong is a kind of Harlequin romance with a literary slant. All the elements for pulp romance are there: "romantic" hero: soldier, refined gentleman; unhappy married woman; "romantic" locale: French suburbs, countryside; numerous, gratuitous sex scenes (I remember, horrifically,...
This novel surprised me in two ways, two good ways. I expected it to be heavily focused on the First World War, and it is, to a point. I also expected to know how it was going to end, but I was wrong.The changing time-frames that are inter-woven, together with the scene setting opening were a joy to...
"I wanted to believe that I had some important destiny. I wanted to have a make-believe world because I couldn't bear to live in the real one"(Sebastian Faulks) Very moving novel in the way that it drives home the unimaginable hardships experienced by soldiers on the front, though it was a bit hard...
The WWI story that makes up the heart of the novel is exceptional--gripping, direct and powerful. But SF can't quite make his female characters come alive in a meaningful way, despite the importance of Isabelle in Stephen's life and how he'll handle the war. A shame, really, because I wanted to be s...
Birdsong is one of those few books that haunt you even after you have read the last word. A quote from the first part of the book truly describes its writings. "The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings that normally we keep locked up in the heart". This book does the same. It ...
It's as if the author is writing from personal experience. The way that the characters and the atmosphere are built by Sebastian Faulks is just amazing! The reader is taken in to that atmosphere, and shares the feelings of the main character, Stephen. You cannot fail to be totally captivated.Anyone ...
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