Our favourite part of the Mid Sussex Reading Challenge is hearing all about what you’ve been reading at home – and you can keep us updated by sending in your book reviews online!
We’ve got three book reviews from local readers lined up for you today from the Burgess Hill & Hurstpierpoint area. Read on to find out how they got on with their latest reads!
Beverly from Hurstpierpoint read:
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
and rated in 4 out of 5
This book starts in 1914 Vienna and moves to the Eastern front of WW1. It is about a young and inexperienced medical student who ends up on the Eastern front as the only doctor in a field hospital despite the fact that he had not yet qualified. The story flows and description is quite vivid. To quote the book cover, it is part mystery, part war-story and part romance.
The book is well written and worth reading, but maybe leave it until happier times!
Howard from Burgess Hill read:
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
and rated it 5 out of 5
A super read of a book I just would never have picked up without the reading challenge. It helped that we had visited the region of Australia where much of the action takes place last year. The mundane bravery and stoicism of the women and children was beautifully depicted in the first half of the novel. When the tale hinges, the second half is a brilliant telling of missed opportunity, communication across the world in a bygone age, followed by drama and redemption.
Tip: Don’t read the preamble before the story; it gives away too much. Luckily I didn’t.
Michael from Hurstpierpoint read:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
and rated it 4 out of 5
I am not sure now, having finished it, that I would class this book as a children’s classic. However, the principle subject is a 15 year old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. The author, Mark Haddon, does such a brilliant job of portraying someone who is socially dysfunctional but incredibly bright as concerns maths and science. It is an easy read and has real people in it so be prepared for some swearing and adult concepts.
I would recommend this book to anyone over the age of 12 and anyone who wants to know more about Aspergers Syndrome.
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