Advantages: Probably the best British novel about WWII Disadvantages: Just too sad at times
Sometimes, re-reading a favourite book, one suddenly makes a new connection, gains a new insight and this will add another piece to the jigsaw in one's mind. A little bit more of the overall pattern, the big picture slips into place. What one thinks, ho ...
Advantages: Technically superb, a very intimate portrayal of war at it's most cruel Disadvantages: None
Empire of the Sun is one of JG Ballard's more accessible books. Semi autobiographical, it tells the story of a young boy, Jim, and his experiences in Shanghai during World War Two. Ballard was the same age as Jim and was also interred for the duration of ...
Advantages: Believable account of a child in wartime Disadvantages: There are some points where time jumps are erratic
There are books in this world that are read, and the reader feels as if they’ve read it somewhere before. You know the kind I mean. The one’s that seem so familiar that you need to double-check the blurb on the back of the cover to make sure. ...
Advantages: Keeps You Involved From Beginning To End Disadvantages: Not One Disadvantage
After reading this book I thought it was my duty to request it be added to the DooYoo catalogue. I want to start by saying what a fantastic read, since reading this I have bought a few more of Danny Kings masterpieces and have not been let down yet. ...
Advantages: An impeccable account, by a master craftsman, of a definitive period in American History. Disadvantages: none
...By any standards, this book is a breathtaking achievement. Until comparatively recently, little attempt was made by writers to deal with Abraham Lincoln as a human being. Like Robert E.Lee, Lincoln suffered the consequences of deification and as a resul ...
