Sentimental

I really enjoyed the book, Like many other LTR's The ending was a little confusing,until I reread the last few pages over again. I am glad to have read the book before reading the reviews,otherwise I probably would not have read the book. ( )

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I almost bought this book, but I waited and checked it out at the library instead - and boy, am I glad that I didn't waste money buying it! The sad part was that I really liked the book until the atrocious last two chapters that were tacked on at the end. The last two chapters ruined the book completely.

I was unaware that a man was a possession to be given away at will to another person. It was laughably bad that she could just give away the love of her life to her sister without any explanation at all and everything would turn out just fine, and it ruined the entire story for me. Not only did it cheapen what Kitty and Hank had, but it also cheapened what Louise and Michael had too. What an incredibly shallow, STUPID ending to an otherwise decent book. ( )

I was disenchanted with the development of the characters, and the sudden abrupt fast-forward in the end which left a great deal unexplained. One had to fill in the blanks, although achievable, still left with a "huh?"

The depiction of the war era was spot-on. It would be wise of us to take into consideration the sacrifices made on the home front (not to mention the thousands upon thousands of war deaths) visa vis the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. No sacrificing on the home front, notta. ( )

In spite of the serious WWII background, this was a light read. Character development was fairly weak and some of the 1940's trivial details (Duz Soap, etc.) felt plunked there for no other reason. The ending was somewhat predictable but still quite bizarre. Not a bad book, but just OK. ( )