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From a Low and Quiet Sea
by Donal Ryan
This is effectively a collection of three shorter stories; snapshots of the lives of three different men who are grappling with their personal emotional difficulties. Like most other readers, I found Farouk's story the most engrossing and because this was the opening story, the book seemed to hold promise. When we moved on to Lampy's story, I began to get a little confused as to why we were moving from human tragedy to teenage heartbreak but I stuck with it. However, once John's story began, I had really lost interest in it all. I didn't feel any connection with his character and the ending failed to really bring it all together. I just didn't understand the point of it all.
I actually bought this as an audio book, so by the third story I found myself listening to it as much as possible during bus journeys and while doing my household chores just to get it over and done with (it's a book club read, otherwise I think I would have just cut my losses).
This seems to be the kind of book that appeals to people who enjoy reading beautiful prose and literature. I can appreciate that, but as someone who favours a good plot and well-written characters, this wasn't really my cup of tea at all.
I actually bought this as an audio book, so by the third story I found myself listening to it as much as possible during bus journeys and while doing my household chores just to get it over and done with (it's a book club read, otherwise I think I would have just cut my losses).
This seems to be the kind of book that appeals to people who enjoy reading beautiful prose and literature. I can appreciate that, but as someone who favours a good plot and well-written characters, this wasn't really my cup of tea at all.