A review by messbauer
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth

5.0

It definitely takes a little effort to click with the faux Old English used by Kingsnorth, but it's worth sticking with it. The use of what is essentially a created dialect is a really novel way to create a unique sense of place and time, and it works well here. Buccmaster's tale is so epic in his own mind, and the reader's understanding of its smallness creates a profound degree of empathy for a man who is not entirely sympathetic.