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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I did not know I liked this book until I finished it.
A really great book, possibly the best of the Ryan ones I've read. You'll want to go slowly and savour every sentence.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It could have been a great book with all these disjointed stories coming together in the end but something magical was missing, and I was just confused.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
Brilliantly structured with three, seemingly unrelated tales of men brought together by a few sentences. I will be thinking about this one for some time yet.
No writing gives me such raw emotion as that of Donal Ryan. The way he can tell a character’s story and make you feel such gut wrenching emotional leaves me in awe every single time.
I found myself in the beginning feeling frustrated with the stories, and where they were going to go.
By the end, I had to take a moment to pause and reflect on these lives and their woven histories. So beautifully written.
I found myself in the beginning feeling frustrated with the stories, and where they were going to go.
By the end, I had to take a moment to pause and reflect on these lives and their woven histories. So beautifully written.
I did a wee bit of research and assembled a list of Irish authors (ones not named Joyce) that I wanted to read. In doing so, I quickly discovered that few contemporary Irish novelists are getting more buzz than Donal Ryan—and for good reason.
From a Low and Quiet Sea begins not in Ireland, but in Syria with the first of three seemingly unrelated stories. Ryan is adept at moving between vignettes, not only from Syria to Ireland but from dogma to angst and from anguish to indifference. This is actually three novellas braided into one incredible aggregate. I’m not generally a connoisseur of modern fiction but this engaged me. I have never read anything quite like this before.
From a Low and Quiet Sea begins not in Ireland, but in Syria with the first of three seemingly unrelated stories. Ryan is adept at moving between vignettes, not only from Syria to Ireland but from dogma to angst and from anguish to indifference. This is actually three novellas braided into one incredible aggregate. I’m not generally a connoisseur of modern fiction but this engaged me. I have never read anything quite like this before.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No