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blueskies157's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
annarella's review
5.0
I love travelogue and I loved this well written and entertaining book.
It was like travelling back in time to a different place and feeling the sun on your face.
Excellent style of writing and storytelling.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
It was like travelling back in time to a different place and feeling the sun on your face.
Excellent style of writing and storytelling.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
fionayule's review
3.0
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in return for an honest review.
I was not familiar with this novel, the authors or anything about them. I was intrigued though as there was a quote from Leonard Cohen on the synopsis, and from the quote I thought it would be wine, fun and laughs.
The writing is lovely, and a very simple life, quirky life on a remote Greek Island in the 1960 is wonderfully painted. This is particularly relevant as this is not a memoir of a family backpacking out to Greece and having the time of their life. This is a story where life was simpler, but the toilet did not flush, and an unpaid gas bill followed them out to Greece. The journey over to the Island was tough and their house was not what they were expecting.
But they get help and they make friends, and the writing depicts this beautifully.
Sometimes I think when I read books on a kindle, I miss things though. I have never been to Greece and have never heard of Kalymnos so would loved to have seen some photographs, and I felt that this would have preferred having the actual novel that I could dip in an out of, rather than a kindle.
It’s a lovely travel read though, an escapism to the simple Greek life from the pressures of the third Irish lockdown.
I was not familiar with this novel, the authors or anything about them. I was intrigued though as there was a quote from Leonard Cohen on the synopsis, and from the quote I thought it would be wine, fun and laughs.
The writing is lovely, and a very simple life, quirky life on a remote Greek Island in the 1960 is wonderfully painted. This is particularly relevant as this is not a memoir of a family backpacking out to Greece and having the time of their life. This is a story where life was simpler, but the toilet did not flush, and an unpaid gas bill followed them out to Greece. The journey over to the Island was tough and their house was not what they were expecting.
But they get help and they make friends, and the writing depicts this beautifully.
Sometimes I think when I read books on a kindle, I miss things though. I have never been to Greece and have never heard of Kalymnos so would loved to have seen some photographs, and I felt that this would have preferred having the actual novel that I could dip in an out of, rather than a kindle.
It’s a lovely travel read though, an escapism to the simple Greek life from the pressures of the third Irish lockdown.
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