lizziekam 's review for:

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

4.0

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This book took at least 100 pages for me to get into, but I read the last 100 or so pages in one sitting. The language of this book took some time to sit right with me. At first it seemed a little too precious, a little too forced and overly florid, but as the characters settled into their new life in Newfoundland, I found I settled more into the language and it fit the story, the landscape, the weather, and the characters.