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A review by verkisto
The Fourth Island by Sarah Tolmie
4.0
I love the language and the atmosphere of this story, and I love how succinctly Tolmie writes. She uses few words, but evokes everything she wants you to experience with those few words. She's a poet, though, so she's probably used to performing this trick.
The thing is, since she's a poet, she's also using the story as an allegory for something. I wish I could put my finger on what it is. I liked the setting and the imagery, and the idea of an island that collects the lost tickles my fancy, but by the end of the book, I wasn't sure what she was trying to tell me. I can see this being a good book for a book club, as it would raise a lot of discussion in that regard.
This is probably more like a 3.5-star book for me, but I've rounded up because the good was very good, and outweighed the obtuseness of the ending.
The thing is, since she's a poet, she's also using the story as an allegory for something. I wish I could put my finger on what it is. I liked the setting and the imagery, and the idea of an island that collects the lost tickles my fancy, but by the end of the book, I wasn't sure what she was trying to tell me. I can see this being a good book for a book club, as it would raise a lot of discussion in that regard.
This is probably more like a 3.5-star book for me, but I've rounded up because the good was very good, and outweighed the obtuseness of the ending.