I already bought The Great Alone a while ago so I’m glad to see people saying it’s better

Thank you! I’m glad to hear this about The Great Alone because I already bought it!

I think this is a good take! I liked Vianne’s storyline and understood everything she did until the pregnancy. I couldn’t understand how she spent the whole book praising Antoine and then lied to him (and her son) and acted like the only thing that could repair their marriage was a baby that wasn’t his.

I would have preferred almost any storyline - Vianne not getting pregnant, Vianne miscarrying since she lost 3 babies that way already, Vianne telling Antoine and him supporting her, Antoine not coming home and Vianne raising the baby alone, or even Vianne trying to miscarry (I know this sounds terrible but I think it’s what I, or Isabelle, would have done in the situation 😭). I’m guessing abortion wasn’t an option, but what about adoption or giving the baby to the Mother at the church? I just hated that she had no negative thoughts about the pregnancy at all besides, “I’ve prayed for this but not now” once.

I expected Isabelle to die too. I just thought it was such a lame ending for such a strong woman. It felt like everything she did didn’t matter, only that Gaetan still thought she was pretty and he loved her.

Thank you so much! I really like the concept of the WWII set fiction so I will definitely check these out :)