Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Jerome - GoodreadsI started this book off, immediately despising it. I couldn't tolerate its slow pace or minute descriptions (which I thought the book would solely be composed of). And then I kept reading. By the end ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Michael - GoodreadsMoving account of one Canadian man's experience with World War 1. The novel is barely 200 pages, so what we have here is no sweeping coverage of the war, nor an in-depth immersion in the horrors. But ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Debbie - GoodreadsWhen I saw The Wars was the April choice for the War & Literature Readalong, I wondered how I had never heard of this early novel by one of Canada's literary leaders. Since I've read it, I wonder all ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Fran - GoodreadsI picked up this book serendipitously on the library's Remembrance Day display, having read it over 20 years ago. So glad to re-enter this powerful and unique world. Also the horrific world of war and ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - JonSnow - GoodreadsTimothy Findley's "The Wars" was a novel which chronicles the events surrounding Robert Ross. I won't spoil anything, but I will say that it was a very moving book. There were a number of times I had ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - GoodreadsThis was a well-written book, with much symbolism and carefully structured theories of literacy. However, I did not enjoy the last fifteen pages of the book, in hopes it would end differently. This is ...
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Janna Avon - GoodreadsThere are two really great things going on in Timothy Findley's The Wars. Firstly, is the narrative technique. The book is written from the perspective of a historian trying to make sense of a moment ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Sam Marchello - GoodreadsI haven't read this book since grade nine, and I liked it a lot more then than I do now. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mind-space for this book (I was reading it for my job), but I was pretty bored ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Carole Prior - GoodreadsI loved this bittersweet story...hated the war! But the protagonist is so memorable..so defined and so entrenched that you feel as if you are standing next to him during his journey of the soul and ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Wars
Avis d'utilisateur - Paul - GoodreadsIn 2011, Canadian parents challenged the inclusion of Timothy Findley's award-winning novel The Wars on a high school reading list, describing it as depraved and full of sex. I mentioned the challenge ... Consulter l'avis complet
