Dear Rosie Hughes by Melanie Hudson Review
This book will stay with me for a long time and gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from me.
I honestly don’t know where to start, I’m still reeling a little, even though I guess what was coming (there are no spoilers here).
It has taken me just shy of three weeks over Christmas and New Year to read this book, its format helped me to read on my commutes with easy stopping points. To have diary entries for each of the characters in Rosie’s life made for a well-rounded reading experience.
I loved the humor of the characters and their personalities shone through the words, I could be seen laughing and sobbing, depending on the point at the book on the 07:02 train to work each morning.
I know the author used some experience she had from her time in the forces and that Rosie and co are fictional but reading this story brings home some of the more personal, unreported issues which come with combat. My respect for service personnel only grows.
Yes, there were bits of the story I would have liked expanding on, I’m a very nosey reader after all but once readers finish the book, they will understand why getting all the answers isn’t always possible.
I thank #Netgalley and #HarperCollins for trusting me to give an honest review about a book which has certainly wedged its way into the top three I’ve read in the last twelve months. I will be gifting a copy of this book to several friends.
#DearRosieHughes releases on 1st February 2019 in e-book and 7th February 2019 in paperback.
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