Review: Simply beautiful...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 13, 2011
What a beautiful story this is. Total reading pleasure.I will confess that I did stop and wonder how I'd forgotten to read the bit in the blurb that mentions the Civil War. I don't like books that talk about war. Just don't find them interesting. And I so could have missed out on this book, which gets me rather annoyed with myself! Because here it's not just about A fighting B, it's the background to a beautiful story of friendship and honour and loyalty. You get to see how the war and its tragedies affect the protagonists, and you can't help but put yourself in David's shoes and wonder how you would cope had you found yourself in the middle of a battlefield at the snap of a finger.I thought the writing was flowing really nicely and the book was easy to read, even the fighting scenes were related in a way that made them easy to visualise. The end was absolutely wonderful and quite unexpected, and is actually somewhat different to the usual "gone back in time" kind of story.Thanks Chris for this little beauty, and for reminding us that true friendship is a wonderful thing that will transcend time. This book has my recommendation :)