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A review by thisbookishcat
Island: The Complete Stories by Alistair MacLeod
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
3.0
Honestly, this should be a 3.5-star, but I couldn't bring myself to round up, just because of the amount of times the author made me uncomfortable with his fixation on male anatomy and sex.
That being said, this book is full of insecurities, dealing with change, the passage of time, tradition, and heritage. As someone born and raised in Nova Scotia with a strong Celtic background, this spoke to me in ways I wasn't expecting. Go back and read all of my updates for each short story if you want more details about my thoughts throughout.
I definitely recommend this book, but don't read it if you want something happy go-lucky because it definitely isn't that!
That being said, this book is full of insecurities, dealing with change, the passage of time, tradition, and heritage. As someone born and raised in Nova Scotia with a strong Celtic background, this spoke to me in ways I wasn't expecting. Go back and read all of my updates for each short story if you want more details about my thoughts throughout.
I definitely recommend this book, but don't read it if you want something happy go-lucky because it definitely isn't that!