The Good Soldier

I will be honest, I was hoping to read a book about war and fighting and epic battles, but that is not the case with The Good Soldier. I would have to say that this is more of a journal from an American, who is living in England, during or after some kind of conflict (I would say WWI). He is not a solder n any way. His wife, Florence, is dead, and his best friend, Edward, is dead. The narrator does not have a name yet and I am on chapter three. He mostly talks about his encounters, or double dates, with him, his wife, and Edward and his wife. He discusses the world around him and what he does and doesn't like about the people that he knows. He talks about the quality of men around him, but the only soldier mentioned in the story at all is Edward, who is more of a commander. I was thinking that because the book hints inn its name it s about a soldier. who I expected would do some great deeds and save many lives, but that has not been the case at all. This is definitely more like that "What is love" story, where the main character is the narrator, but unlike that story there is no conversation between characters, It is more of a person writing or journaling in a book his thoughts on why his is where he is and recent and past events that have occurred to him.

I don;t want to shut out this book yet, because the way the author writes is interesting, but when we were reading in the library, I had a hard time not falling asleep. Plus, the way the author writes is kind of cryptic because I am not sure if the narrator was unfaithful to his wife, or the other way round, or if he was talking about after she had already died. I am only on the third chapter though, so I can't really say I have a firm grasp on the book, but as of now it is below my expectations.