Is Birdsong Soooooooo Much Better Than Charlotte Gray?

[Highlander]

Am I setting myself up for a Huge Disappointment? However, v good so far

[Slubberdegullion]

yes. sooooooooooooooooooo much better.

[sfxmum]

yes by miles the only constant is the very good writing.

[jaynehater]

Hey, snap, Highlander !!!


I just started Birdsong too, and wondered the same!


Never thought of posting here though, thanks !!!

[aloha]

Yes, a million times better.

[Desiderata]

It's a hundred million times better.

I was disappointed with Charlotte Grey ... but I certainly don't regret reading it.

[Slubberdegullion]

No spoilers, but there is a scene in a rowing boat that (imo) is the sexiest bit of writing ever.

Bloody excellent book (is def. in my top 10)

[Cappuccino]

birdsong is one of the few books I have just abandoned partway through

god it goes on

[Wheelybug]

Birdsong is an amazing book (Charlotte Gray ok, but just nowhere near in the same league !)

Enjoy !

[CountessDracula]

I thought birdsong was much better

[roisin]

yup

[Highlander]

all right slubber, what are your toher 9 books? [wink}

Have also Capote's In Cold Blood by my bed.

[Slubberdegullion]

Hmmmmm not sure Highlander. May do a top ten books in my profile (fav 3 in there already)along side my desert island discs.

[MuffinMclay]

yes

[beansprout]

I have read way too many books by Sebastian Faulks in the vain hope that they might be as good as Birdsong. Definitely his best book.

[MaryAnnSingleton]

Not read Charlotte Grey but wasn't bowled over by Birdsong -

[TotalChaos]

I think most war books would be better than Charlotte Gray. Thought the whole storyline was a huge insult to the brave women who took on very risky work in occupied Europe for SOE. Never read Birdsong mind.

Other good war books:-
Goodbye to all that (biographical)
Regeneration, Life Class (Pat Barker)
Flowers in the Field (biographical, about women in SOE.)

[Lilymaid]

There is also Siegfried Sassoon's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer - which dovetails in with the Robert Graves book as they were wartime friends . I must admit that the books by Barker, Faulks, Sassoon and Graves are now completely muddled up in my mind.

[Highlander]

ooh, cheers for all the other suggestions. The Amazon wish list is becoming rather large

[policywonk]

I liked 'em both. However, there are some desperately sad children-related passages in CG - brace yourself.