When the tragedies started introducing themselves in numerous inventive ways my enthusiasm for the story started to wane. My enjoyment of the story peaked and troughed. But the overriding premise introduced complications that, for me, didn't work and detracted from what would otherwise have been a great piece of historical fiction. If this book had been a straightforward book about a character called Ursula, her upbringing and experiences during the war, I would have enjoyed this story a lot more. There was a great sense of place, and memorable characters - often if I read a book with a large cast I can find it difficult to keep track of who is doing what, but I had no such problem here - some of the descriptions were wonderful, and there were nice shades of humour throughout, which I think a story such as this is much in need of. I will start off by saying that I really like the way Kate Atkinson writes.
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