Helene's Reviews > Warlight

How to begin? This book has so many layers. I should just read it again. Though this was for one book group, I've recommended that we read it for another book group. It's Ondaatje, so the language is rich, poetic, and luxurious. And I want to read The English Patient again.

The characters have nicknames, pseudo-names, and so it's sometimes hard to remember who is who. When I read this again, I'll write all names down. And maps, what is it with maps? Even star maps as "the astral plough" aka "the big dipper."

Life and war are complex, difficult some might say. Perhaps this book begins to attempt an understanding of such complexity.

So worth the read and hopefully worth the read again.