Pros: characterization, pace, great historical perspective Cons: nothing
I will go as far as to say that Regeneration is one of the best anti-war novels ever written. There are so many threads about this story that amaze me that I will have to break them down piece by piece in order to explain why this book should...
Pros: Nice blend of fiction and historical basis; mythic characterization Cons: Nil
Meet Prior, the man so scarred by war that he has lost his voice. Meet Anderson, a military physician so traumatized that despite his profession, he shrinks at the sight of blood. Meet Burns, a man so psychologically damaged that he finds it hard to...
This book gripped me from the very beginning. It's the true tale of several characters during the first world war. Rivers a psychiatrist,and several of his patients. Siegfried Sassoon and to a lesser extent Wilfrid Owen.
Pros: Intensely gripping, Haunting, Historically accurate Cons: None
'Regeneration' is an important book, one that reminds us of the devastation of war in a way that is seldom addressed, that is very different from the 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Full Metal Jacket' school of historical fiction. This is a story about the...
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