A review by mmcloe
The Enchanted Isles or The Encantadas by Herman Melville, Margaret Drabble

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

Very very bizarre little novella about the pale of nature and the ways humans try to make our marks therein through violence, through control, through storytelling, through communion, through taxonomy. 
A misty and blurry view of what have may as well been an alien planet at the time. Simply excellent prose. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Slavery