A review by thewomancalledsun
Sea State: A Memoir by Tabitha Lasley

1.0

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so this was disappointing. I was expecting a poignant literary fiction about the men that work on oil rigs. An industry cloaked in so much mystery it would make for a fascinating read. However, this was not that book. Sea State reads like a diary, and not an interesting one. We get the authors' thoughts about the men and their work the on oil rigs. Well, actually it would be more accurate to say that we get her "opinions" of these men and their work, without ever actually understanding their work. Or the men for that matter. The author supposedly conducts many interviews and extensive research but we never actually see any evidence of this when reading the book. And as all other reviews have mentioned the affair I suppose I must give my own input as well. I say I must because the author's affair with one of the rig workers ends up being one of the predominant themes in the book. This is unfortunate because it's not very interesting and ends up taking up a good chunk of the book. I feel I also must say, as this was the last nail in the coffin for me, the author's harsh portrayal of literally, and I mean EVREY OTHER WOMAN OTHER THAN HER was harsh and critical and completely unwarranted. This quite frankly destroyed the book faster than all the other criticisms I have.
Sea State had so much potential to be great and fascinating and I believe the author even had the ability to accomplish that feat, but in the end, it turned out to be an uninteresting mess of a book that I honestly wished I DNF'D.


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I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.