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A review by razreads
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo
3.0
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This was a tale of two halves – both intentionally as Morpurgo switched protagonist, but also unintentionally (I’d hope) in finesse. Whilst the opening part tells us of Arthur’s life in Australia with a winding plot, host of simplistic-but-strong characters and readable writing style, the second part feels bland, repetitive and focuses on a character we have no connection to. I also emplore all authors to think carefully before using abstract punctuation, capitalisation and text speak as general prose, because after just a chapter it had me putting this book down while I mentally prepared myself for said torture.
This was a tale of two halves – both intentionally as Morpurgo switched protagonist, but also unintentionally (I’d hope) in finesse. Whilst the opening part tells us of Arthur’s life in Australia with a winding plot, host of simplistic-but-strong characters and readable writing style, the second part feels bland, repetitive and focuses on a character we have no connection to. I also emplore all authors to think carefully before using abstract punctuation, capitalisation and text speak as general prose, because after just a chapter it had me putting this book down while I mentally prepared myself for said torture.