

Having listened to 'The Silence of the Girls' this contrast was particularly stark that book had chosen the narrative flow of the war as retold from one woman's perspective (and secondarily another man's).

The second element to this book was the disappointing embodiment of the events well-know through classical literature. Perhaps I might have enjoyed it more if a professional narrator had been employed, and there are many good ones, and it is a specific skill that the author clearly does not possess.

Then I realised that the book is narrated by the author. The first thing that struck me about this audiobook was the narrator: flat and lacking the ability to bring the words to life.
