Aanvanklik word die tema van verbode liefde verken, maar die gruwels van die oorlog oorskadu die boek heeltemal. Oorlewingsinstink, verhoudings wat gebind word tussen soldate en dood speel 'n groot rol en dit is moeilik om te fokus op die ander, meer positiewe deel van die boek wat in 1978 afspeel.
Faulks is 'n beskrywende outeur, maar in my opinie moes daar 'n groter balans tussen storielyne gewees het.
“He threw up the conkers into the air in his great happiness. In the tree above him they disturbed a roosting crow, which erupted from the branches with an explosive bang of its wings, then rose up above him towards the sky, its harsh, ambiguous call coming back in long, grating waves towards the earth, to be heard by those still living.”
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