1.53k reviews for:

The Sweetness of Water

Nathan Harris

4.05 AVERAGE

lotus36's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bjensen's review against another edition

5.0

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What wonderful writing. Gripping storytelling with characters you root for and mourn with. Excellent development. Highly recommend

akhuseby's review against another edition

4.0

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I wish I could give this 4.5 stars. Having just read Light Perpetual and been floored by its beautiful prose and concept, I just can't quite put this one the same level. It's an excellent novel, heartbreaking at moments, and impressive for a first novel. But the brothers felt borrowed from Of Mice and Men. Caleb and August are a Confederate Brokenack Mountain. And the small town literally becomes a pitboiler. I kept feeling like I had read this before. It eas good but lacked the wow factor that I associate with 5 star books.

star63's review against another edition

5.0

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This is an excellent book, there are already plenty of reviews so I will just add that I would like to see more George and Isabelle’s in the world.

jang's review against another edition

5.0

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heartbreaking and terrifying, but most importantly, humbling. even hopeful towards the end. a powerful debut.

bluesleepy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shannonli1026's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rachelmax1005's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

bkbailey8521's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sajberblomma's review against another edition

3.0

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En lågmäld berättelse, full av umbäranden och drömmar, från slutet av det amerikanska inbördeskriget. Författaren broderar ut språket på ett vackert poetiskt vis som jag nog tror skulle passa bättre att läsa med ögonen än med öronen.