" I was really looking forward to my first Pat Barker novel because everyone speaks so highly of her. Rather than jump into the Regeneration trilogy, however, I opted for this less daunting one-shot. I warmed up to the prose pretty quickly, but found the rapidly changing point of view difficult to follow. Sometimes it seemed like the narrator changed every paragraph, which (IMO) is only appropriate for dinner party murder mysteries. And I have to say I was very disappointed in the ending, mostly because it wasn't much of an ending. Um, where did the story's main thread go? I'll still give the Regeneration books a try, but I will approach them with significantly lower expectations than I approached this book. "
— Caroline, 1/14/2014