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A review by brogan7
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Did not finish book. Stopped at 83%.
A book should end before it defies all plausibility. If it doesn't, the reader's only respect is to stop reading.
I liked the information and education about Deaf culture in the book, and the information about whales and this mysterious, "othered" whale, Blue 55 (loosely based on the real 52 Blue). However, in my estimation the book went awry as soon as Iris, the MC, decided to go meet Blue 55 in person. There was no compelling reason for her to do so and I kept waiting for the book to come back to its better senses...which it never did, and culminated on p.264 with the most improbable dénouement... neither my son nor I could bear to read another word.
I liked the information and education about Deaf culture in the book, and the information about whales and this mysterious, "othered" whale, Blue 55 (loosely based on the real 52 Blue). However, in my estimation the book went awry as soon as Iris, the MC, decided to go meet Blue 55 in person. There was no compelling reason for her to do so and I kept waiting for the book to come back to its better senses...which it never did, and culminated on p.264 with the most improbable dénouement... neither my son nor I could bear to read another word.