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A review by jooniperd
The Lobster Kings by Alexi Zentner
4.0
26 april 14:
my thoughts are not really organized on how i feel about this novel yet. i found it interesting and evocative - at times i could feel and smell the cold, wet sea. early on in the story i was noticing issues that i will attribute to editing - information was repeated within a couple of paragraphs. this settled down in the second half of the book, but during the first bit, it was distracting. (i did read an ARC/uncorrected proof, so maybe this will change upon publication?) while i was quite engaged in the reading, and where the book was heading, i felt like i wanted a bit more from it. it felt a bit surface a lot of the time. so i will be mulling on this one for a bit. maybe my thinking will become more clear.
i do feel like this will be a great summer or vacation read for many people.
03 june 14:
i have had this story pop into my head a lot since reading it - it seems to have stuck with me, so i am bumping it up to 4-stars, from 3. :)
my thoughts are not really organized on how i feel about this novel yet. i found it interesting and evocative - at times i could feel and smell the cold, wet sea. early on in the story i was noticing issues that i will attribute to editing - information was repeated within a couple of paragraphs. this settled down in the second half of the book, but during the first bit, it was distracting. (i did read an ARC/uncorrected proof, so maybe this will change upon publication?) while i was quite engaged in the reading, and where the book was heading, i felt like i wanted a bit more from it. it felt a bit surface a lot of the time. so i will be mulling on this one for a bit. maybe my thinking will become more clear.
i do feel like this will be a great summer or vacation read for many people.
03 june 14:
i have had this story pop into my head a lot since reading it - it seems to have stuck with me, so i am bumping it up to 4-stars, from 3. :)