Thursday, December 22, 2016

Book 211: Testament of Youth

I made the unfortunate mistake of watching the movie before reading the book. However, despite the fact that this monster took me a month to read and made me feel all of the feelings that a human is able to I'm so glad that I've picked it up. 

Although there almost 100 years between now and when this book was published and a bit over 100 years of age difference between Ms. Britain and myself, I found her to be quite a kindred spirit. Although (hopefully) I will never experience the tragedies that she did, I found that her strength in the face of everything very inspiring and hope that someday I can be as strong as she is, even though she felt she wasn't strong. 

I would recommend this book to everyone, especially those who have a keen interest in the First World War. Although it is quite a long book it's definitely worth the time and reads quite quickly when you actually sit down and focus of the book. 

For someone who isn't a huge fan of biographies, I loved this one. I give it a 10 out of 10. Absolutely wonderful. 


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