A review by krismoch
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

3.0

3.5 ⭐️ I loved the Newfoundland environment acting as a pervasive main character cocooning the humans. At times I could smell, taste, hear, touch and feel this small New England area as if I had experienced it myself. But some of the description got to be too in the weeds for me and the unforgiving nature of the landscape seemed to seep into the emotions of the living and I had a hard time emotionally connecting with this book. There seemed to be a distance between the reader and this world that prevented me from fully being immersed in Quoyle’s story. That being said there is a quiet beauty to it that is incredibly admirable.