Aathishree’s Reviews > The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society > Status Update

The more I read the book and the closer I am to finishing it the more eager I am to watch the movie just to see and feel the characters visually. At the same time I’m already judging the movie for presumably not representing the book to the T. For example, I bet the Benoit sisters don’t even show up in the background even though their part was lovely to read in the book! Hmph!

The lives of the people of Guernsey and their letters to Juliet in London remind me of this cozy little witchy farming game I play called Wylde Flowers. Since it’s a game and the player is the main character, everything revolves around the activities of the main character, everyone dotes on her as well and they all lead these simple but intriguing lives. How wonderful that we can live like this too?

Reading about the slave workers in Guernsey during the German Occupation brought back memories from the other stories I read about WW2 and the Nazi concentration camps. The movies and books - Life Is Beautiful; Schindhler’s List; The Boy In The Striped Pajamas; Man’s Search For Meaning - can be nothing compared to the real thing but I felt the agony and I feel it again.