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alex2teeuw's review against another edition
reflective
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? N/A
4.25
Worth a read. Eloquent, provocative, political.
elliottc87's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
theironist89's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
judenoseinabook's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I had mixed feelings to this book. I enjoyed the story parts, the history the descriptions of life in the small Welsh border village. There is a great sense of place and time. But I didn't really get the more philosophical discourse between father Harry, son Will/Matthew and the controlling friend Morgan.
The women get no voice at all, even the mother Ellen. The Will's wife and children are only present at the beginning and end and once in the middle as he goes to phone her. There is no talk of them as family members and in a book about relations between son and father I find the absence of Will's little boys weird. His family don't go to visit the sick Harry nor go to his funeral. I am told I shouldn't impose my modern view of equality and family on this story about an earlier age!
The women get no voice at all, even the mother Ellen. The Will's wife and children are only present at the beginning and end and once in the middle as he goes to phone her. There is no talk of them as family members and in a book about relations between son and father I find the absence of Will's little boys weird. His family don't go to visit the sick Harry nor go to his funeral. I am told I shouldn't impose my modern view of equality and family on this story about an earlier age!
emason1121's review against another edition
5.0
It's been a long time since I've finished a book and immediately wanted to turn it over and read it again, wanted to crawl into the world of the book and lived there. This made me want to do that. It reached my emotional core, and I loved it.
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