A novel troupe that seems to be popping up quite a bit the last few years - a story, be is ghost, mystery or love, spanning three of more time periods.
The innocence of living on a remote Scottish island, wondering how the inhabitants become near-starved in just three years. A young man forced into being a soldier in a war no one could believe happened so soon after the First World War. A love story of trying to find your way back home; to love, to innocence, to happiness before the grim realities of war and life.
Just the premise of a story spanning different periods is an instant attraction, the lure of trying to figure out how everything connects. But the mark of a great book is if it keeps you guessing, but it is only when you have finished that you realise the clues were there all along. Easily the type of book you could finish in an evening, as long as it is captivating enough to pull off its troupe.
The innocence of living on a remote Scottish island, wondering how the inhabitants become near-starved in just three years. A young man forced into being a soldier in a war no one could believe happened so soon after the First World War. A love story of trying to find your way back home; to love, to innocence, to happiness before the grim realities of war and life.
Just the premise of a story spanning different periods is an instant attraction, the lure of trying to figure out how everything connects. But the mark of a great book is if it keeps you guessing, but it is only when you have finished that you realise the clues were there all along. Easily the type of book you could finish in an evening, as long as it is captivating enough to pull off its troupe.