A review by mwohlbrandt
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

5.0

I think this is my third or fourth read of The Shipping News and I can definitively say at this point that it is my favorite book. The prose is simplistic but elegant and beautiful, almost like poetry, and the quiet wintery feel is so lovely. This is definitely the kind of novel you read for the writing rather than for the story so it won't appeal to everyone but the story itself isn't bad either. I love all of the characters, there are genuinely surprising moments, and there's a gentle sort of love that flows through all of it.

At this point this novel has been out so long that everything that can be said about it has been, so I don't have much else to add. I just really love it.