A review by brigsssss
The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss

reflective slow-paced

3.5

This was objectively well-written but I can’t say I enjoyed it all that much, mostly because of the narrator. There are so many moments in the book where I just wanted him to shut up. And his weird fixation on his daughter’s weight grossed me out, as well as his obsession with “healthy eating”, which honestly went into the absurd (the description of the home made baby food takes the cake). I realise this was probably meant to be a narrative foil to his inability to make his daughter healthy but it was yuck to read. I actually enjoyed the bits about the cathedral the most probably and could have done with more of them. Likewise, really enjoyed the few parts about the narrator’s dad’s life.