Review: Its a great and thoughtful story with great topics
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
“Liam's List” is written in Vivian's and Liam's first-person narratives. Their narratives change irregularly. Lovell's writing style is detailed and vivid and makes it easy to connect with the story and to feel the character's emotions. Most part of the book I read in a train so there was no chance to show my emotions while I read it. It never hits the spot when you sit in a room or in my case in a cabin with strangers and cry like a baby. So I hid my real emotions but had a huge lump in my throat and couldn’t swallow it while I read the story. So emotionally was the course of story. That does not happen very often for me but “Liam's List” is extraordinary.While “Vivian's List” is a single storyline book with Vivian's and Liam's relationship in the center of the story, “Liam's List” has multiple storylines. That’s a fact I really appreciate as an enthusiast of more storylines even when Lovell didn’t need another storyline in “Vivian's List”. Aside from Vivian's and Liam's relationship the book is about their separated life during Liam's tour in Iraq and their necessarily adjustments with the aftermaths of war when he returns. I'm still really impressed with Lovell's handling of the book's topics and the story intensified my impression that she really researched the topic at full length. She describes the everyday routine of a soldier in war and the consequences and aftermaths of his deployment for him and his environment very realistic and authentic.I know how controversial the discussions about the Iraq war were and how heated the discussions were hold so I really appreciate the fact that Lovell writes totally unbiased about the origin and development of the war. She doesn’t choose a side and influences the story with patriotic propaganda. She stays neutral and lets her main and minor characters elaborate all sides and arguments of the story. She portrays a really realistic and authentic picture about the war in general and the Iraq war in particular. I loved every minute of it!30. Mai 2014