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The War At The End Of The World (2012)

by Heidi Belleau(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Storm Moon Press

review 1: What if Death, or rather one of his helpers, were a person, a man with feelings of his own? Someone who wakes up one day and starts acting on his own principles rather than those "programmed' into him? That is the central idea behind this poignant, tear-inducing and utterly heart wrenching story about love triumphing in the most unlikely of situations.The Fetch is the narrator of the story, and we don’t find out a lot about him. His thoughts about Joseph and his actions define him, but since he is a paranormal being of some type, I never really understood his background. Not that it was necessary, the message is about so much more than a biography or being able to put someone in a neat little box with some labels on it.This is a very short story but has enormous depth an... mored many layers. Short scenes illustrate how the Fetch's thinking develops, how his emotions get entangled in human affairs, and how he comes to decision about Joseph and himself. The language is haunting and enabled me to picture what was happening with great accuracy and detail. Most surprisingly, after this huge dose of cruel reality, it left me with a smile on my face. It is a manifesto against the cruelty of death, more specifically of war. If you like stories that make you think, if you like a few twists, and if you don’t mind reading about the brutal reality of war, then you will probably like this book.
review 2: This was a layered, vivid and eerie story set mostly in the surprising setting of wartime Finland. Not a setting I know much about (though I feel I know more now) but it felt convincingly well-researched and well realised. Joseph, an American war-correspondent reports on the volatile situation in Finland in which the Nazis are assisting the Finns in fighting off the threat from the Soviet Union. Of partially Jewish ancestry and left-wing sympathies, Joseph is distinctly uneasy about this alliance of unequals. In the midst of danger, Joseph is silently observed by his Fetch - also known as a doppelganger, a Fetch is a folkloric being who appears to an individual at the time of their death, bearing their own image. Joseph's Fetch however, is tormented by tender feelings for the man he exists to make an end of.Perhaps I was a little unsatisfied by the ending; it lacked something of the moody energy and style of the rest of the story.I very much enjoyed reading this! less

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