WOW! Amazing doesn't do this book justice. The word to do it justice hadn't been invented yet. Another masterpiece by Melina Marchetta. "On the Jellicoe Road" deserved every award there is in the literature world. 
 I have to admit that I was a little bit lost in the beginning. All those scattered scenes didn't make sense and I felt frustrated for not understanding what's going on. But reading further I started seeing the pieces falling together into heart wrenching story. 
 Marchetta with her brilliant prose and storytelling made me feel happy, sad, elevated, gutted, heartbroken, hopeful. My moods shifted as if I had multipolar disorder. 
 And now, being finished with it, I still feel pleasantly emotionally drained. This is one of these books that stay with you. 
 I probably could write ten pages gushing how wonderful this book was. But closely to the end, Taylor says something, and that quote describes how I feel about this book tenfold better than I could ever explain myself: 
 "I fall in love with these kids over and over again and my heart aches for their tragedies and marvels at their friendship."