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A review by linburg50
The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss
3.0
The narrator is Adam, a stay at home dad that receives a call one day that his oldest daughter has collapsed and stopped breathing. The book then follows the lives of this family and how they deal with this event.
A lot of themes are explored. I'm not British so I unfortunately didn't have a good understanding of the commentary on the NHS. It explores dying and especially children dying but it all seems so intellectual and it never really managed to touch me deeply.
I can be really harsh and state that there is no plot and that it just 'plods' on. But, as I understand, it is a characteristic of 'stream-of-consciousness' writing. Wikipedia defines 'stream of consciousness' as 'a narrative mode or device that depicts the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. It as a narrative device that intends to give the written equivalent of the character's thought processes.'
So, don't expect much to happen, it's meant to make you think about a variety of issues. It's a 'slice of life' view of this family. No absolutely tender or heart-breaking moments and no great 'aha'-moments either.
So, on my scale of 1-really bad, 2-ok, 3-good, 4-very good and 5-absolutely excellent I give it a 3.
A lot of themes are explored. I'm not British so I unfortunately didn't have a good understanding of the commentary on the NHS. It explores dying and especially children dying but it all seems so intellectual and it never really managed to touch me deeply.
I can be really harsh and state that there is no plot and that it just 'plods' on. But, as I understand, it is a characteristic of 'stream-of-consciousness' writing. Wikipedia defines 'stream of consciousness' as 'a narrative mode or device that depicts the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind. It as a narrative device that intends to give the written equivalent of the character's thought processes.'
So, don't expect much to happen, it's meant to make you think about a variety of issues. It's a 'slice of life' view of this family. No absolutely tender or heart-breaking moments and no great 'aha'-moments either.
So, on my scale of 1-really bad, 2-ok, 3-good, 4-very good and 5-absolutely excellent I give it a 3.