Ikwezi reviewed They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell
First published in 1937, They Came LIKE Swallows was William Maxwell's second novel. It tells …
Review of 'They Came Like Swallows' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
How nice to read a POV child narrator that actually sounds like a child might, and this author pulls it off for two different children at two different ages. It is also interesting to see a full range of responses to the Spanish Flu depicted, including cavalier ones, but none of the entitled rage that marked the COVID response.