The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

2008 • 305 pages

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Average rating4.1

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This book takes place in 1946 after WW2 has ended and it's written in the form of letters. I can't say how accurate the events of this book are because I am not a history buff but it seems as though a lot of thought and research went into it. I have to say I struggled to get into this one at first. It was very slow going for like the first half or so. I don't know if it was because it was written in letter format or what but I just found myself never wanting to pick it up because it felt like I was getting through it at a turtles pace and the book was only 290 pages. Also there were a lot of characters and it was hard to keep up with who was who to start with. I don't know if I just got used to it or what but I eventually started to fly through it. I thought it was an interesting story and I loved learning something I didn't know anything about. There was a romance aspect in it which I loved even though that was predictable and it ended abruptly. I wanted more from it. Overall even though it was a slow start for me I ended up enjoying it and I look forward to watching the adaptation.

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