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3.12 AVERAGE
3.12 AVERAGE
Edit : Lowering my rating after a few months of reading the book.
Max and Bea are a missionary couple sent to Advent Island in South Pacific.
Pros
- extremely atmospheric. The rainforest comes alive with all the teeming insects and other fauna; pineapples and fruits. A magical setting
-Themes of religion
-Claustrophobic: a new entrant into the house that Max and Bea share, suffocation of religion and its values ; feeling stuck in a marriage etc
Cons:
- I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters at any point of the novel and this affected my enjoyment of the book
-The book is quite slow.
Disclaimer : Much thanks to Penguin for a copy of the novel. All opinions are my own.
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Max and Bea are a missionary couple sent to Advent Island in South Pacific.
Pros
- extremely atmospheric. The rainforest comes alive with all the teeming insects and other fauna; pineapples and fruits. A magical setting
-Themes of religion
-Claustrophobic: a new entrant into the house that Max and Bea share, suffocation of religion and its values ; feeling stuck in a marriage etc
Cons:
- I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters at any point of the novel and this affected my enjoyment of the book
-The book is quite slow.
Disclaimer : Much thanks to Penguin for a copy of the novel. All opinions are my own.
Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
I feel like I have just emerged from a dark, rich, vivid and very very hot dream. Things Bright and Beautiful is set on a remote island in the Pacific in the 1950s. The book sets the scene with detail that is often uncomfortable to read, with rats, mosquitos and the heat of the rainforest described vividly.
The geography provides a backdrop to a disconcerting story of adapting to an unknown and very tough world, the conversion of local people to Christianity, the difficulties that arise when religious views and cultures merge and clash, and the power of the coconut plantations over their labourers. . The well written story of missionaries Bea and Max and the side story of Philippine labourers Lien and Thieu were intriguing. I enjoyed the book, and would recommend it. Thank you Anbara Salam and #Netgalley
The geography provides a backdrop to a disconcerting story of adapting to an unknown and very tough world, the conversion of local people to Christianity, the difficulties that arise when religious views and cultures merge and clash, and the power of the coconut plantations over their labourers. . The well written story of missionaries Bea and Max and the side story of Philippine labourers Lien and Thieu were intriguing. I enjoyed the book, and would recommend it. Thank you Anbara Salam and #Netgalley