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callmejoce 's review for:
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
by Wayne Johnston
I love Newfoundland, but with it's hostile weather sometimes I wonder how ANY Newfoundlanders are left*. The Colony of Unrequited Dreams frames the life of Joey Smallwood as a long (SO LONG), detailed metaphor of Newfoundland history and the historic struggles of that charming and weird rock in the North Sea.
This book took me a long time to read but it was never boring and, weirdly, I want to learn more about Smallwood's real life and motivations. I'm interested in doing a deep dive into Johnston's motivation as well - especially the Fielding character (was she real?) and WHAT THE HELL with that plot twist.
I've wanted to read this book for over 10 years and I wish I had read it earlier. It was a long, interesting but slow-moving read with a few moments of unputdownable in between.
*Catholic families.
ETA: Crikey. All I want to do is read something light and fluffy and I see Wayne Johnston wrote AN ENTIRE OTHER BOOK about Fielding. Dammit Dammit.
This book took me a long time to read but it was never boring and, weirdly, I want to learn more about Smallwood's real life and motivations. I'm interested in doing a deep dive into Johnston's motivation as well - especially the Fielding character (was she real?) and WHAT THE HELL with that plot twist.
I've wanted to read this book for over 10 years and I wish I had read it earlier. It was a long, interesting but slow-moving read with a few moments of unputdownable in between.
*Catholic families.
ETA: Crikey. All I want to do is read something light and fluffy and I see Wayne Johnston wrote AN ENTIRE OTHER BOOK about Fielding. Dammit Dammit.