Guns of Dawn by Adrien Tchaikovsky – reading blog

Guns of Dawn
by Adrien Tchaikovsky 

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READING BLOG

Day 1 – the journey starts

Suddenly she was desperate to see this fighting, desperate not to be the one left out. Her comrades were shooting and dying somewhere amid this murk, but somehow she had broken the line. Now she had a loaded gun and the fighting was somewhere else.

Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Guns of the Dawn (pp. 4-5). Pan Macmillan. Kindle Edition.

Emily’s first fight and it was tough.

Emily remembered reading it all in the newspapers. There had been a cartoon depicting the Denlander Parliament as a convocation of ravening beasts squatting amidst ruined walls.

Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Guns of the Dawn (p. 12). Pan Macmillan. Kindle Edition.

I love how the reference to a satirical cartoon – it feels like being in Paris right before the Revolution.

I am enjoying Emily and how realistic she is. I love the chapter describing her story and her family interaction with the war – and not only. I am impressed by the strength that Emily displayed to battle the battles she believed needed her full dedication.

‘Only thing is, miss, he’s busy, see? Got a lot on, what with the war to run, miss. You wouldn’t understand, but it’s a difficult business.’

Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Guns of the Dawn (p. 32). Pan Macmillan. Kindle Edition.

I am sure many women heard this sentence, despite having more brains and analytical capabilities than their male counterparties, especially those delivering these hideous statements.