A review by emcelestial
Archipelago by Monique Roffey

3.0

This book was really good. The storytelling was absolutely excellent. It may seem a bit slow, but as you go along, you learn more and more into the backstory of the main character, Gavin, and start to understand what lead him to take this journey at sea. And by learning more about his backstory, that really made me want to keep reading to see how he ends up. At its core, this book is about navigating the journey of overcoming and understanding grief, and Gavin does what we all ultimately wish we could do: run away from the sadness. However, his journey teaches us that it’s really not that simple, and that you just have to accept the sadness and feel it fully so that you can move on from it.

Minus two stars because there are some things that left me with questions. For example, did this man really just kidnap his daughter and carry her to sea on an old boat and get away with it with zero consequences? Also what was that random scene of him visiting a whorehouse with his daughter waiting in the parking lot that was just thrown in and never talked about again? And is the daughter okay?? I feel like the trip was traumatic for her. yes she learned a lot about loss and dealing with it but she’s only 6 and she went through so much so i’m worried about her