Another quick, fun read. I've given it two (I'd have to be drugged and bound to give a book three or more I think!) as it relied on highly unlikely coincidences. I find that lazy in an author and it always spoils my enjoyment of a book and prevents me suspending my disbelief.

The writing was good, the characters well drawn, the story jogged along nicely. I really appreciate JB not needing to find a way of commenting on Georgie's plight; it was far more effective simply to describe him and let that have an impact on us. I thought his recovery by the end was rather miraculous. I was left with the feeling that Alfie was the one who would bear the scars for longer, especially as he would be just the right age to fight in WWII.

I'd recommend this, but not really as a WWI book (my favourite of those is Pat Barker's excellent Regeneration trilogy), more as a story of childhood.