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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
well written, nice story of love that can't be but has to be.
This book was odd. A quick and easy read, different concept...but I just didn't particularly like the main characters. The ending left me feeling incomplete.
Beautiful little Irish novella of teatime and conversation and grieving and loss and the sea and the rain. Wish there were 12 more I could read to follow it.
Beautifully written, this quick read blossoms like a flower. I learned a lot about salmon fishing, too.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a very little book that I picked up and started reading at a thrift store. About ten pages in I thought I should probably buy it. It's difficult to cram a whole story into 150 pages, especially when a portion of them are about fly fishing, but Haien pulls it off.
This is, essentially, the story of a priest, Father Declan, who, upon the death of one of his parishoners, Kevin Dennehy, discovers that he has been living a lie with his wife, Enda, for the past fifty years.
It's really a poignant little piece about morality but since I don't have many of those I enjoyed this book for it's story. Enda and Kevin's story was the bulk of the book, taking about about seventy pages, and that was by far my favorite part of this book. Declan's parts consisted of, mostly, moral dilemmas and fly fishing. I don't particularly care for either. But I also greatly enjoy Declan's obvious soft spot for Enda, which came off, to me, as the beginnings of romatic feelings despite his priesthood and her recent berivement. I doubt, should this tale continue, that this would have ended up being the case, but it felt palpable to me.
This is a complicated little tale which is also painfully simple. I suppose, in the end, it's about truth and loss and perceptions and where those tie in with god. I liked it, it was very well done, but I doubt it will stay with me.
This is, essentially, the story of a priest, Father Declan, who, upon the death of one of his parishoners, Kevin Dennehy, discovers that he has been living a lie with his wife, Enda, for the past fifty years.
It's really a poignant little piece about morality but since I don't have many of those I enjoyed this book for it's story. Enda and Kevin's story was the bulk of the book, taking about about seventy pages, and that was by far my favorite part of this book. Declan's parts consisted of, mostly, moral dilemmas and fly fishing. I don't particularly care for either. But I also greatly enjoy Declan's obvious soft spot for Enda, which came off, to me, as the beginnings of romatic feelings despite his priesthood and her recent berivement. I doubt, should this tale continue, that this would have ended up being the case, but it felt palpable to me.
This is a complicated little tale which is also painfully simple. I suppose, in the end, it's about truth and loss and perceptions and where those tie in with god. I liked it, it was very well done, but I doubt it will stay with me.
A gorgeous little story of morality and salmon fishing and so much more. Packs a punch in its own quiet way. Lovely! Ann Patchett was not wrong in recommending this short novel, but I doubt she ever is.
This slender novella set in Ireland is an unusual, touching accomplishment that is not soon forgotten. A movingly told tale with exquisitely gentle, lyrical language, this is the story of two characters whose ordinary and not-so-ordinary lives intersect in a moment of revelation that examines its own truth simply because of the author's tenderness in handling the plot. Symbolically, the author uses a priest's love of fishing and his casting for the elusive big fish in new waters as a metaphor for honoring one's personal needs and desires, even when it means a profound paradigm shift from everything you've ever known.
Psychological, domestic fiction.
Psychological, domestic fiction.
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No