Is this book perfect? No, it isn´t. But for me, this was a fantastic read.
The first half of the book is very quaint and slow moving and the author really takes his time to observe the behaviour of the people in this small village community, who are faced with a severe tragedy. I liked reading about the villagers and I really liked the narrator/writer of the manuscript, Edgar Hopkins, but at this point this book wasn´t "I cannot put this down" territory. But then the story took a turn (which I won´t talk about because I don´t want to spoil this book) and I was hooked.
This novel is just as topical back in 1939, upon its first publication, as it is today and the way in which the author uses the dystopian setting to explore human behaviour and its fallibility is simply amazing.
My first five star rating of the year. I´m so glad I finally picked up this book.
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