6/11/2023 0 Comments Transcription novel review![]() There’s been a lot of buzz about this book since it was published last year. What Juliet has gone through is shown in her character development, from the fun and cynically romantic teenager of the forties to the hardened and secretive woman of the fifties. I liked the authentic tone of the novel, particularly the dialogue and Juliet’s thoughts. ![]() I was also a little confused by the number of characters, especially when they returned after being out of the story for several chapters and I couldn’t remember who they were. I missed Perry and would have preferred him to be there throughout the story. However, the aftermath didn’t appeal to me as much. Much of it is set during the war and partly focuses on Juliet’s relationship with Perry, her supervisor. I found the first half of the book very readable and interesting. Her main task is to transcribe the conversations of Nazi sympathisers but she is involved in some horrible deed, which then resurfaces in the fifties, while she’s working for the BBC’s Schools broadcasting service. Juliet Armstrong is recruited to MI5 for the Second World War at the age of eighteen. The plot is in the form of flashbacks as an elderly woman is dying. ![]() ![]() However, I found the novel somehow unsatisfying. It’s certainly an achievement and I do like fiction set in postwar Britain. I find it difficult to decide whether I actually liked this book. ![]()
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