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A review by sxrxhtonin_
The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“But of course the pain remains and will remain. We are conditioned beings who salivate when the bell rings.”
Such a beautifully written book. I loved the themes of nature and its sublimity throughout. While the characters were often infuriating or simply disgusting, there was an ineffable charm about this book and its protagonists which grabbed me from the beginning. It was hard to tell where it was going at parts and I lost momentum in the middle but the book is about so much more than I anticipated to begin with and there is always something (though at times this was tenuous) driving the story forward. I would love to reread and go back on the, undoubtedly, many things I missed which were foreshadowing what was to come, though the ones I picked up on I thought were subtle enough that I only noticed them in retrospect but added a nice structure and cohesiveness to the story.
Such a beautifully written book. I loved the themes of nature and its sublimity throughout. While the characters were often infuriating or simply disgusting, there was an ineffable charm about this book and its protagonists which grabbed me from the beginning. It was hard to tell where it was going at parts and I lost momentum in the middle but the book is about so much more than I anticipated to begin with and there is always something (though at times this was tenuous) driving the story forward. I would love to reread and go back on the, undoubtedly, many things I missed which were foreshadowing what was to come, though the ones I picked up on I thought were subtle enough that I only noticed them in retrospect but added a nice structure and cohesiveness to the story.