Birdsong | Paperback

Birdsong has to be one of the greatest novels ever written and certainly the best world war one novel. It's a work of art, Sebastian Faulks depiction of the war and it's themes of violence, death, comradeship, compassion and love are perfect.

I could not put this book down, it has everything, love, tension, fear, heartbreak, pain and suffering, it depicts the terror in the trenches in a shockingly realistic way. It is one of those books you have to read in your lifetime.

I have just finished reading this book for the second time and I am in love with it even more the second time around. It is beautifully written and deals with the horrors of the Great War in a way as to not romanticise or glorify it, but by dealing with the emotions and the friendships at the front. Faulk's prose is stunning and takes you on a journey with the characters. I urge anyone to read it.

This book is amazing. Well-written, thoroughly thought through, and whole new reading experience.

This is a truely magnificent novel; moving, heart rendering, charming and evocative. This is quite clearly the best novel of the last century. This must be read, studied, and cherished by every man, woman and child!!