Book guide
In Memoriam
Two schoolboys fall in love as the trenches of World War I close around them.
Genre and trope pairingsRomanceFriends to loversRomanceSlow burnRomanceForbidden romanceRomanceTragic love storyRomanceFirst loveQueer RomanceFriends to loversQueer RomanceSlow burnQueer RomanceForbidden romanceQueer RomanceTragic love storyQueer RomanceLGBTQ+Queer RomanceFirst loveHistoricalForbidden romanceHistoricalTragic love storyHistoricalLGBTQ+HistoricalWar storyLiteraryTragic love storyLiteraryLGBTQ+LiteraryComing of ageLiterarySocial commentary
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About In Memoriam
This debut novel follows Sidney Ellwood and Henry Gaunt, young men from an English boarding school whose hidden love is tested by the devastation of the First World War. It combines forbidden romance with an unsparing portrait of youth, grief and trench warfare.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- classism
- bullying
- homophobia
- PTSD
- psychological trauma
- suicidal ideation
- alcohol abuse
- drug use
- starvation
- war
- death
- violence
