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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
Really interesting writing and environment - lots of terminology / tasks unfamiliar. A kind of coming of age of ‘innocents’ - children in a position to make their own world while knowing almost nothing.
I read this in one sitting which is saying a lot but also it was very dark and heavy and just not an enjoyable read for me.
adventurous
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Mixed feelings about this one — I guess I liked it well enough (although not as much as I perhaps "should" have, given my taste) but I just don't think this is a book I'm going to continue to think about.
Long ago I read what this book was about and I thought the protagonists were going to face severe situations and survive them through true fraternal love and unity and decided I would read it in the future; what I got instead was incest. When I wasn't horrified at the multiple and unnecessary incest scenes, I was bored out of my mind, there's just so many descriptions of boats I can take. This book did not do it for me. It took me almost a month to get through it because I hated it so much. If I could give it a minus score, I would.
Incest
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest
I really enjoyed this book, but the ending felt super rushed and not satisfying at all.
Wow. Astounding writing, as always for Crummey. Gorgeous, honest, and brutal in its humanity. And technically masterful. The opening 50 pages especially are breathtaking, and incredibly stark. The novel does get a touch episodic, possibly once or twice there's a tad too much cod fishing, and until I got used to it he may have been laying on the Newfoundland slang a bit thick. But who's complaining? Ultimately the novel tackles (among other things) a particularly difficult subject that would be a spoiler to mention explicitly here; it is a matter that could have been easily botched by a lesser writer, but in my opinion Crummey handles it with grace.