| Birdsong | 
 enlarge | Author: Sebastian Faulks
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  252 reviews
Sales Rank: 725
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0099387913
EAN: 9780099387916
ASIN: 0099387913
Publication Date: July 18, 1994
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 Under - welming November 11, 2008
Took this book on a recent 7 day holiday - it looked my sort of stuff.
Read about 40% of it then tossed it onto the holiday home library shelf and selected the best of what had been left.
Birdsong is tedious and poorly written. The characters are not engaging - it's just not worth the eye power in reading it.
A bit like the movie "Atonement" - it's not unpleasant, you could watch it, it will do no harm but there are many far far better films.
Birdsong is touted as a modern classic - it is no such thing.
 A slog November 6, 2008
I tried but it just didn't work for me. The descriptive narrative was a lot of effort for little progress.
 Brilliant September 12, 2008
This book is amazing. I was so moved by the story, it is so well written it is like you are reliving the experineces of the characters and there with them through their ups and downs. I found it to be emotionally draining in places, but worth every second.
Amazing book. I simply could not put it down... September 4, 2008
Amazing book. I simply could not put it down. It made me cry in places and now my husband is reading it and finding the book equally moving. Stick at it, as its a slightly slow starter, but its worth the wait!
A cracking good read...... September 1, 2008
500 pages as a paperback and been out since '94.. Quite meaty, but if you're in the mood for a compelling read I'd thoroughly recommend it. Read it about thrice now in the last ten years... The missus loves it as well, as it's not just the blood, guts, bombs, rotting flesh, rats and mud that was life on the front line during WW1. There's quite a bit of character building and relationship stuff thrown in for good measure. But if you stick with it, that bit fleshes out the story.
The claustrophobic knife edge existence the Sappers had in those days would have you a nervous wreck if it was 500 pages of that from start to finish. Thank God for mobile warfare I say and the fact that 'tunneller' is no longer a job in the British army.
A moving read, especially the Somme battles and you dispair for the callous way that thousands of lives were thrown away on a daily basis. Get yourself a copy and settle yourself down for a cracking good read....
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