glitterandtwang 's review for:

Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith

3.0

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This was very different from my usual mystery reads, primarily because it was what I can only think to describe as an "ecological thriller." Smith clearly knows her way around the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, and I found myself having to look up images of a lot of the vegetation she was describing. I found myself more interested in her descriptions of plants, campsites, and islands than in the actual mystery at the heart of the book -- and I'm not big on nature writing, so I'm not sure what that means.

An odd book with some beautifully written passages. Still not quite sure what I think.