Winn's background is in film and it is obvious here, her debut novel is very dialogue heavy, seems almost as if it is written with the intent of becoming a miniseries or film. (She writes in her acknowledgements that the film rights have already been sold.) I enjoyed this one but unfortunately kept comparing it in my mind to other works I've read before taking on similar topics of a homosexual love in WW1, and those previous works just worked a lot better for me. It will be interesting to see how this gets translated to the screen (if it goes there) as many of the behaviours of the characters I excused due to their age (in their teens). I doubt film would cast so young, so it'll be interesting to see how / if they change the character actions as they age up the characters.