She embodies a striving for real independence, a struggle which is as relevant now as it was then. This is a very good book.Ĭlarissa, the main character, is a woman struggling against the manacles of convention and class. There are minor nitpicks that I, as a writer, could point out, but they're insignificant. The narrative flowed, and the dialogue was, on the whole good. I read this in three days and really enjoyed it. And there's an edge to the gentle voice of the early 20th century, an edge which, as far as I'm concerned, declared its hatred of war - and not just because the war causes the narrator pain, but because war is evil, full stop, regardless of whose side you're on. The voice is pitch perfect, for me, and drew me into a different era. This is the kind of book you can disappear into. I react viscerally to what I read, and my reviews always reflect this. I am not one of those reviewers who can, or wants to, recount the plot of the book under review.
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