Book Review: Remembrance by Theresa Breslin

 

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About the Book:

 

Rating: Amazing

Pages: 303

Released: 2002

Published by: Doubleday

 

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Synopsis:

Its the summer of 1915 and in the village of Stratharden all anyone can talk about is the war that's well under way in France. The lives of 5 young people are forever changed as Kitchener's Army begins recruiting and they all get sucked into the chaos that war brings...

 

First Line:

"It's just not quite respectable."

 

Review:

I loved this book. It was as emotionally moving as it was intellectually stimulating. This book really opened my eyes to the suffering a struggles that people faced during this era. The relationships between the four main characters was heart warming as they guided me through their lives and what life was like during World War One. The letters exchanged between the characters only added to the emotional aura of this book. This book does a fantastic job of invoking such strong emotion that the story will stay with you long after you put it down. Because even though the characters are fictional, the book is based on fact and the soldiers and civilians that gave their lives to fight a cause that was not their own deserve to be remembered. Forever. This book does a fantastic job at showing you why these men, women and children deserve to be remembered.

 

Recommended Audience:

Anyone who enjoys historical fiction in particular based on World War One.