Customer Reviews

5 reviews

• Frances Taylor

  I have just finished reading ‘Charles and Charlie’ by Tod Benjamin and feel that I must write to tell you how much I thoroughly ENJOYED reading this first part of The Stoker Trilogy. The book is beautifully written and I became totally absorbed with the characters and their interactions. The writing of the period is perfect and the details clearly well-researched and conveyed. I felt transported back in time and I also loved the politeness and etiquette of the time which has always appealed to me. All emotions and moods are expressed so wonderfully, even if buttoned up as befitting of the times, or character. After a few paragraphs, I found myself totally immersed within this family group and friends. I have no criticism. The references to the war and the injuries sustained by Charles were not bogged down by endless war-detail but were sensitively hinted at so well that they left no doubt as to the horror of it all. Beautifully written. Well researched. Sensitively written. A read that holds the attention from beginning to end. I can’t wait for book two.

• Elaine

  I enjoyed it very much, a lot of things that interested me, & I look forward to reading the next book, yours sincerely Elaine.

• Molho Ingles

  An amazing read can’t wait for the second instalment.

• Georgette Perrins

  Loved this book, took you in a journey with Charlie’s life.

• I completely enjoyed reading Charles and Charlie. It is a book rich in detail that allows the reader to get to know the characters in depth. It's a well researched and thought out piece of historical fiction that leaves the reader feeling as though the characters are friends living next door. I found myself caring about them long after I finished reading the book. I felt the same way about The Supervisor (Tod Benjamin's first novel). I'm delighted that Charles and Charlie is the first book of a trilogy and I look forward to the next in the series to be once again transported into Charlie's world.

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