What the community thinks
summary of 16 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
Moderate
Rape (1 reviewer) and Grief (1 reviewer)Minor
Infertility (1 reviewer)Moods
dark 66%
sad 66%
reflective 55%
emotional 33%
challenging 22%
adventurous 11%
Pace
slow 33%
fast 11%
Strong character development?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
N/A: 33% | No: 33% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Average rating
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Huddled in the sea off the coast of Ireland is a fourth Aran Island, a secret island peopled by the lost, findable only in moments of despair. Whether drowned at sea, trampled by the counter-reformation, or exiled for clinging to the dead, no outsiders reach the island without giving in to dark emotion.
Time and again, The Fourth Island weaves a hypnotic pattern with its prose, presaging doom before walking back through the sweet and sour moments of lives not yet lost. It beautifully melds the certainty of loss with the joys of living, drawing readers under like the tide.
Buy The Fourth Island
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Other countries
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Blackwell's
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Huddled in the sea off the coast of Ireland is a fourth Aran Island, a secret island peopled by the lost, findable only in moments of despair. Whether drowned at sea, trampled by the counter-reformation, or exiled for clinging to the dead, no outsiders reach the island without giving in to dark emotion.
Time and again, The Fourth Island weaves a hypnotic pattern with its prose, presaging doom before walking back through the sweet and sour moments of lives not yet lost. It beautifully melds the certainty of loss with the joys of living, drawing readers under like the tide.
What the community thinks
summary of 16 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
Moderate
Rape (1 reviewer) and Grief (1 reviewer)Minor
Infertility (1 reviewer)Moods
dark 66%
sad 66%
reflective 55%
emotional 33%
challenging 22%
adventurous 11%
Pace
slow 33%
fast 11%
Strong character development?
Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
N/A: 33% | No: 33% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Average rating