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Title: Zzzzz...
Review: This exactly the kind of book I would expect to get highly praising reviews. It has all the elements of popular modern literary fiction: a hackneyed, archetypal plot; a melodramatic but overblown love story (what a surprise, the girl has been hurt before); the obligatory loss of love and gaining of redemption; the prose style masquerading as 'elegant' because it is told in a half-hearted stream-of-conscious style, which the author believes gives license to present a story in a fragmented, verbose manner that attempts to conceal glaring weaknesses in plot.This book is average at best; if you're reading for the WW2 stuff look for Halpert's A Real Good War and if it's for the love story there's really nothing to distinguish this from the thousands of other patently mass-produced love stories cluttering bookstore shelves. Also please do not insult a marvelous writer such as Ondaatje with comparisons to this sentimental drivel.
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