A review by natesea
We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen

4.0

This year I find myself drawn to large books of historical fiction. We, The Drowned is a great addition. Its 667 pages reads as a great sailing legend spanning 100 years of a Danish maritime town from the mid 1800s through the second world war. Its an incredible journey of the men and women, the generations of family existing in a small corner of the world, and yet playing a large, often forgotten role. There are shipwrecks, mutiny, violent trials of war, love, hate, friendship, and even the sea seems to play its own brutal character. If a sailing epic sounds like something you'd skip over, I encourage you to pick this up, not only to admire the cover art, but delve into the story within. You won't be disappointed.