A review by juliamrichardson
Spartina by John Casey

dark slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was kind of my white whale. Started it, abandoned it, started it over, put it aside, did a big push the past few days. Learned a lot about boats and fishing terms. Loved the Rhode Island setting. Loved the class stuff. Loved pushing myself to read out of comfort zone. But it was stiff in a Harvard-educated male author kind of way, you know, the kind who writes books about unhappy men making bad choices.