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jessalynn_librarian 's review for:
The Voyage of the Narwhal
by Andrea Barrett
After this and [b:The Air We Breathe A Novel|977705|The Air We Breathe A Novel|Andrea Barrett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179954448s/977705.jpg|2682733], I'm officially an Andrea Barrett fan. The world of the story is fascinating - polar explorers in the 1850s - but the characters are what sell me on her stories. I love the way she recycles minor characters between books – it makes me want to read them all, and then go back and reread so I understand all the connections. The characters all feel so real – there was one character who I suspected would be unlikeable, and did turn out to be a pretty terrible person, and I kept wondering if he would have a redeeming moment (pretty much not). Other characters struggled to come into themselves in a way that was fascinating and slightly painful, but ultimately rewarding.