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A review by sloatsj
The Far Cry by Emma Smith
2.0
I found this rather hard to engage with. It's the story of a 14-year old English girl named Teresa, who is whisked off to India by her father to escape his ex-wife, Lilian. Lilian plans to return from New York and potentially take Teresa to live with her. So though Teresa lives with an aunt, her father arrives and scoots off to his other daughter Ruth, who's married to a tea planter in India. By the time the journey ends we're more than halfway through the book. We find that Ruth is unhappy in India, though she loves her serious, earnest husband, Edwin. She misses various things like nice furniture and the attention of admirers.
To me the book seemed to go by jerks and starts. Or it never really seemed to begin. It's half finished before some main characters, Ruth and Edwin, show up, who are portrayed as negative vs. positive. There is an abrupt and convenient twist of plot at the end. To me the book seemed a vehicle for the author to describe the wonder involved in going from one culture to a very different one. Which is perfectly legitimate. But I didn't enjoy the story, which is why it took two months to read it.
To me the book seemed to go by jerks and starts. Or it never really seemed to begin. It's half finished before some main characters, Ruth and Edwin, show up, who are portrayed as negative vs. positive. There is an abrupt and convenient twist of plot at the end. To me the book seemed a vehicle for the author to describe the wonder involved in going from one culture to a very different one. Which is perfectly legitimate. But I didn't enjoy the story, which is why it took two months to read it.