We had to read this for school but I absolutely loved it!
This book has the power to make you laugh and make you cry and Louis De Berniere’s style is brilliant-I’d definitely recommend this!

What a delight this book was to read. I’m only sorry that it’s taken me this long to get around to it. I loved its long, leisurely meander into the war and was stunned by the way it depicted both the complete horrors of war and the joys of life. It was the little details that really made it.

SPOILERS

I found Carlo’s death to be very affecting but I also found that the story lost a lot of its momentum afterwards. For such an important event, the earthquake seemed dealt with very summarily, along with the doctor’s death. The author seemed to destroy very thoroughly what had taken him so long to build, so I found the gradual winding back to the happy ending a little difficult, though I enjoyed the sweetness of the conclusion.

Nevertheless, one of the best books I’ve read this year. Thank you again to Peggysmum for giving me the chance to read it.