One of the main reasons I never read this book is that I'm not a huge fan of classic "naturalism" books. They always come across rather dull to me and sometimes don't make a lot of sense. I wanted to make an exception for a book like this, with Virginia Woolf's writing being revered, and hearing good reviews on this particular book itself.
Writing | Monthly Challenge A couple years back, a good friend of mine bought me a wonderful book for Christmas in the hopes of inspiring my writing. It was a book called "The Five Minute Writer" an exercise and inspiration book for writers (you can find it here). It is what it says on the... Continue Reading →
Writing | Monthly Challenge A couple years back, a good friend of mine bought me a wonderful book for Christmas in the hopes of inspiring my writing. It was a book called "The Five Minute Writer" an exercise and inspiration book for writers (you can find it here). It is what it says on the... Continue Reading →
Book Review | Rating - 5/5 stars | Genre - Nonfiction / Autobiography Once again I'm here to review a non-fiction book, which, having said time and again, I've never been massive fan of this type of book. Yet, I was drawn to it for two reasons; the first, being that my soon to be... Continue Reading →
My initial perceptions of the book were very much inline with Genki's novel that I had read a couple months ago. I was able to once again enjoy a book that focused on a cat (a clear love for me).
This falls into the pile of "easy to read" books that I still find enjoyable to read even in my twenties, without it coming across to "childish" and simple...
The book brings to life all the well-known characters, yet gives us a different take on them, now they're older...
Its fairly obvious that I really enjoyed the book, yet I still couldn't bring myself to give it full marks...
I can say that the book was really interesting and it is definitely a story that should be read by everyone, whether they have an interest in WW2 or want a love story based around these events.
Like I said at the beginning, this was a book I'd come across many times when scanning the shelves of countless bookshops. It had intrigued me for some time and I was yet to delve into a proper mystery novel, so I gave this one a try.
