The War Nurse

I won a copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway. I really enjoyed this book after I got used to the first person narrative. I don't read a lot of books from that perspective, so it took getting used to. I enjoyed learning a bit about WWI nursing experience, although I wish the book delved a little deeper into the medical aspect a bit more. That's just a personal preference, the author specifically didn't want to have to much gore in the book and wanted it to be about the personal relationships in the book. I think I would have given a five star review if the book went deeper into the medical experience and the influenza outbreak, being that the title is “The War Nurse” and the synopsis mentions the influenza outbreak. It just seemed to only scratch the surface of what it could have and I was expecting the novel to have more “meat” to it. That being said, I gave it four stars because the book is well written and it kept my interest enough that I wished I could manage to stay awake longer at night to just read one more chapter. I am a huge fan of historical fiction and I especially appreciate when authors introduce me to people I would never know about otherwise. I am planning on reading “The Engineer's Wife” as well at some point.