Faulks manages to recreate the dark and gloomy world of the tunnels below the trenches as workers dig and plant explosives. The second part of the book jumps forward six years to France in 1916 and this is where the writing really started to grab my attention.
As I read these parts, it didn’t feel realistic, and it almost felt as though these passionate encounters were only added to sell more copies. There are some suggestive scenes with forbidden glances and hasty fumblings and also a couple of steamy sex scenes put in for good measure. Here he embarks on a love affair which will change the course of his life. He stays in the the grand family home of the Azaires. The opening chapters set the scene in a small town in France, where a young English man, Stephen Wraysford has come to learn more about his trade in textiles.
On the one hand, I found the descriptions of life in the trenches in the First World War powerful and thought provoking, but what lets Birdsong down for me, is the weak romantic storyline that continues throughout.
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