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WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD A TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR 'One of the best books of the last decade' Caro Claire Burke, number one Sunday Times bestselling author of YESTERYEAR ‘If you haven’t read it, you’re missing out’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY 'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY ______________________ In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him too. When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him to the front. Ellwood and Gaunt find love in the trenches – but just as war brought them together, it can tear them apart... An epic, unforgettable love story between two soldiers in the First World War, In Memoriam is a breath-taking debut. ______________________ 'A genuine page-turner' Sunday Times 'BIRDSONG for a new generation' JOANNA QUINN, author of THE WHALEBONE THEATRE 'I can't remember the last time I was this invested in a love story' Sunday Telegraph 'Assured, affecting and moving' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, author of HAMNET ‘Will smash your heart to smithereens' Daily Mail THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, March 2023 Preorder Alice Winn's dazzling and inventive new novel WORSHIP now!
スコアの内訳
各ソースの平均は179件の評価で9.0。まだ多くはないため読者票の重みは49％にとどまり、残りは戦争小説の平均7.9に引き寄せられます。こうして8.4になります。
| ソース | 平均 | 評価数 | 重み |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 9.0 | 179 | 100% |
読者のことば
Hardcover で最も支持されたレビューです（執筆者名を明記しています）。
“A love story set in British private schools and across the battlegrounds of WWI. Sidney Ellwood and Henry Gaunt, dashing dapper private school boys, constantly reciting poetry and reading Greek epics, are secretly in love. When one of them feels pressured to enlist for England before his time, the other follows shortly behind. What follows are many heartbreaks, of what war does to young bodies and minds. I feel like I read several books with different tonalities. First we're experiencing the angst of forbidden gay schoolboy crushes (honestly kind of shocked how accepted sexual abuse between …”
“Absolutely brutal. Tore my heart to shreds. It forces you to acknowledge the reality of the unspeakable horrors of war. I've never cried so frequently throughout an entire book. Henry and Sidney are precious to me, and will forever remain in my heart.”
よくある質問
『In Memoriam』の評価はどのくらいですか？
独立した1のソースから集めた179件の読者評価で、10点満点中8.4です。
In Memoriamは読む価値がある？
オープンなデータでの読者評価は179件で8.4/10です。
『In Memoriam』を読むのにどれくらいかかりますか？
平均的な速さでおよそ7時間、396ページです。
『In Memoriam』は何位ですか？
現在のスナップショットでは戦争小説の2位です。
『In Memoriam』はどのくらいの長さですか？
396ページ。戦争小説のランキング入り作品の55％より短い本です。
この本が好きなら
同じ戦争小説の棚から、スコア8.3〜8.5で、この本に最も近い作品です。
