This the third book of the The Potato Factory's series, I didn't have high expectations about this book because the reviews were not kind, after all it was the number three! But I really like the story, even the very sad part, there's no way the author could avoid including the first World War, so many young Australians die in a non sense war, it was so sad, why do humans have to fight each other all the time!

Outstanding trilogy

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Bryce Courtenay would have to be one of my all time favourite authors.

His writing really is second to none. What a gift!

Listening to the audio version was AMAZING. Humphrey Bower is a top-shelf narrator. You rock, mate!

This was a wonderful wrap-up to the trilogy. We end up, through the three books, following a family through three generations. We start with lower-class, criminal elements in England getting transported to Australia. They start to flourish and their kids become wealthy and prominent in the second book, while still retaining the feel of their upbringing, and this third book finally brings us respectability with the next generation, and heading off to WWI with mixed feelings as there is limited loyalty to Britain (and not insubstantial loyalty to former ally, Germany.) What a walk through a world that I knew almost nothing about!

Each one of these books has had a moment where we drew out the time spent. I feel like this one in particular though, felt it had so much ground to cover. If nothing else, I wish we had an extra chapter toward the end. Then again, I guess there is a lot to be said for imagination taking over. Still though, lots of unanswered questions.

Excellent final book of the trilogy. The ending was left quite open and made one feel at a loss to finish the book.

Just love the way Bryce ties his stories together. This final book in a series of three gives an excellent account of Gallipoli. Why we will remember them. Amen

I find this a difficult review to write as I love the storytelling of Bryce Courtenay and The Potato Factory and Tommo & Hawk, which were masterpieces, I loved. But this book just didn't hit the spot in the same way.

The first 2/3rds follow Victoria & Ben, Tommo's grandchildren. But I did not connect to them in the same way as previous characters in the first two books. I needed to know more of Hawk and his beautiful soul. The later part of the book focuses on the Gallipoli invasion and war, which is told with such historical accuracy and attention to detail that I have come to expect from Courtenay. But it went on too long for my liking. I found myself switching off from Ben's tales and longing for Mary, Tommo, and Hawk of previous books. Plus, the ending was just abrupt and not what I expected at all! It's an enjoyable and very well written end to the trilogy overall but not a patch on the first 2 books.

Not as eventful as the second! Focuses on Ben and Victoria and their lives after the death of their mother.
Didn’t end the way I expected but was probably better for it. Expected an epilogue of Victoria.

This is , I think, the final chapter of the trilogy. Please correct me if I’m wrong. I cried whilst reading the letters home from the soldiers in ww1. Even though Bryce waffles on a bit, the 3 books, I thought, are wonderful,entertaining,believable and realistic. If you haven’t read Bryce C before, this trilogy is well worth the effort.

Good follow up

This was a good continuation to Thomson and Hawk. The thread of the story carried on and new characters extended the timeline of the family

Bryce Courtenay continues to amaze me with his weaving fiction around historic events, this time the First World War, Gallipoli and the Western Front.
Solomon's Song is the conclusion of the Australian Trilogy, which I didn't really want to end as strong characters kept popping up so one imagines the story, and history of the Solomons, goes on well past the ending on the trilogy.
Like all of his books that I have read the characters are very real and dear to me, so the books left me rather emotional in places, particularly when the events portrayed have been very real to me all through my formative years when we still had a couple of Gallipoli veterans at the ANZAC parade every ANZAC Day.
As with the rest of his books this one is highly recommended.
A brilliant book, and a brilliant trilogy as well.

Just finished this trilogy and I am beyond heart broken that it had to end. I have fallen in love with these chracters so deeply, that they will stay with me for ever after. A truly unique and moving set of novels.