I received this book from Penguin Ireland in exchange for an honest review.

Married Quarters tells of life in a border town during the late 1900s Ireland, and is mostly told through the eyes of Danny - the Sergeant's son - when he is home from college. Each chapter focuses on a different guard stationed in the town, and his relationship with Danny, the Sergeant's family and other people in the village.

This book was written quiet well and parts of it did get my attention (I particularly loved Chisholm who used to just threaten to shoot everyone but was actually harmless) but unfortunately for the most part, this book just wasn't for me. There wasn't a real narrative or plot through the book that really linked the chapters together except that the guards were all in this one town. I liked that the style of the chapters had the point of view from Danny but we hardly ever actually heard his name, and I liked how he seemed to attach himself to each guard over different things and become involved in their life.

I DNF'd this book about 80% through, or a chapter and a half away from the end. It just got very boring for me and I lost all enthusiasm to finish it off. As I said. the writing was in no means bad - it just wasn't the story for me.