Authors: Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Genre: Modern Fiction
Pages (words): 290 (N/A)
Readability: N/A
Rating (out of 5 stars): ***
Reviewed by: Ben
Description: Juliet Ashton, in search of material for her next novel, happens to begin a correspondence with a few residents on the island of Guernsey, in the English Channel. She learns of their heroic acts, large and small, in the face of occupation by German forces near the end of WWII.
Thoughts: This was definitely an enjoyable book, but overall it just felt a little too contrived for me. There seemed to be just too many happy coincidences that happen to makes things fall in to place just perfectly, a little like eating something that is just a bit too sweet. That being said, I felt like the book certainly had its moments, and I enjoyed the writing quite a bit (it is written as a series of letters between characters in the book). There were some very touching parts in relation to the German occupation, and also some good insights into the growth of friendships during difficult times, and I very much enjoyed those pieces. Overall, the good parts outweighed the overly sappy stuff, and I'd recommend it as a quick read. I should also note that Jenn probably liked this quite a bit more than me, so maybe I was just not the right audience!
Disclaimer: Very clean. Might be a few swear words, but nothing serious.
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