#and idk it felt kind of. bad. to have a WW1 novel that focused p much exclusively on the losses of the upper classes

[melrosing]

just finished in memoriam by alice winn and. I don’t think it was very good

#the way I KNEW she was going to be a public school kid when I got to acknowledgments #whole thing was like an ode to old boarding schools #and idk it felt kind of. bad. to have a WW1 novel that focused p much exclusively on the losses of the upper classes #when it was the lower classes who were generally thrown in the line of fire #like you wouldn’t know from reading this book #also the ‘hallo’ and ‘old chap’ shtick really grated after a while it was too much to the point of parody #the pacing of the central relationship also felt off like it reaches crescendo in the first 100 pages and then everything peters out #and finally it’s yet another Great Gay Novel w the vibes of someone weaned on fic…. it’s giving a little life #two stars???