The Lie
by:
Helen Dunmore (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099559283 (0099559285)
Publish date: May 8th 2014
Publisher: Windmill Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
DNF @ 23% I'm just not feeling this one. The story seems pretty flat and although the topic of the devastating effects of the WW1 experience is described well, neither the story nor the characters or the storytelling is engaging me enough to want to spend more time with this book.
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”—so says the Gospel of John. But after reading Helen Dunmore’s The Lie, I have to wonder if telling the truth just means the liar exchanges the weight of guilt for the weight of punishment. This is certainly the case for Dan Branwell, a...