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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
I had avoided this book having seen (and been disappointed by) the film starring Kevin Spacey. As a lover of Annie Proulx’s short stories, I finally got around to reading this and what a joy it was.
Proulx pulls forgotten words out from the ground like long buried treasure. Never did I think I could become so invested in a world made up of an icy volcanic island, nautical knots and fishing ships.
5/5
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
I just finished this award-winning novel for another of my book groups. I saw the movie starring Kevin Spacey years ago and have wanted to read the book for a long time.
The author has a strange writing style, filled with odd little sentence fragments, but it grew on me after a while. It's a quirky novel, about a misfit man who's been through some terrible tragedies and moves to his ancestor's home in cold, barren Newfoundland with his two young daughters. Life there is challenging, but he slowly finds his way and feels like he belongs for the first time in his life. It's a warm, tender story, filled with unusual characters.
The author has a strange writing style, filled with odd little sentence fragments, but it grew on me after a while. It's a quirky novel, about a misfit man who's been through some terrible tragedies and moves to his ancestor's home in cold, barren Newfoundland with his two young daughters. Life there is challenging, but he slowly finds his way and feels like he belongs for the first time in his life. It's a warm, tender story, filled with unusual characters.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is probably an excellent book. But I can not remember a single thing about it. So perhaps not.
adventurous
hopeful
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
I really enjoyed this slice of life type of book set in Newfoundland where even "the coffee has undertones of cod".
The passages deepen as the main character's view expands. A small family adapts to life by the sea all while taking in the echoes of the place's past.
The passages deepen as the main character's view expands. A small family adapts to life by the sea all while taking in the echoes of the place's past.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
Loveable characters:
No
As a Newfoundlander I was excited to read this book. Now that I have, I can say wholeheartedly that this book is terrible.
I was enjoying this but it was simultaneously causing one of the worst reading slumps I’ve ever encountered? I would be happy reading it but then avoid picking it up at any cost.