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Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

7 reviews

blankcrayon's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

One of the big plot points was obvious to me from the beginning, and I didn’t mind. The other big plot point I knew was coming because I read the acknowledgments first, as I tend to do,

but still missed how it happened and who it was

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Even with the spoilers, I still found this little town and its drama fascinating.

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ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition

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3.5

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ella7211's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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loinereads's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

At first, Katrina Leno’s novel seemed to be a joyful read, and while reading the first pages of it, sentences such as « On the island of By-the-Sea, you could only smell two things: salt and magic. » Made me expect for a warm, comforting and sunny mood.

As we ease into Summer of Salt, we make acquaintances with the Fernweh twins: Mary and Georgina, the latter being the narrator of the novel.

As their birthday approaches, they know they will have to find out their true powers and be ready for it to thrive. Simultaneously, they need to prepare for the birdheads to arrive for the Annabella season is on its way, and their mother Penelope Fernweh will be the host of many ornithologists coming from all over the world to see the famous bird of By-the-Sea.

The more the story unravels itself, the more we discover that this novel is in fact a beautifully-written palimpsest of Edgar Poe’s poem « Annabel Lee. »

In Katrina Leno’s Summer of Salt can be retrieved the gloomy and gothic style of Poe’s writings as well as the mysterious atmosphere and the magic that reigns upon the world and its inhabitants.

Thus, progressively, the plot of Summer of Salt becomes darker and we, as readers, find ourselves trapped in a curl of suspense, emotions, and wonders.

Since saying more about the unraveling of the novel’s plot would end up in spoilers, all I can say to increase your interest in this book that I adored is that if you love reading about magic, powerful yet emotion-driven women, the discovery of the self, then this novel will match your expectations.

Eventually, I ended up recommending Summer of Salt to the friend who recommended it to me for I believe this is a book that all women should read.

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