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Annie Proulx

3.72 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No

It was really super boring

Just a gorgeous book. Such a sense of place and character. Beautiful.

Wonderful!

A truly miraculous read that touches the subtleties of life and love alike, a stunningly original story of a Newfoundlander in Newfoundland. A must read and a treasurable experience.

What a book! Dense with perfectly imperfect characters, dialogue, metaphors, landscape. I'll never look at water the same way ever again. A brilliant brilliant book.

perfectly captured an era and a culture

My dad’s favourite book. I was flip flopping between a 3-4 star. Took me a while to get into… but a lot of really beautiful moments in this book and kind (and nasty) characters.