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The Last Resort by Jan Carson

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sui_marie's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

d_wnks's review

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emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

claire60's review

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5.0

Loved this so much, Jan Carson is one of my favourite authors, I really enjoy the blend of fantasy and reality in her work it is a very clever way to write about such an interesting place with a painful past as Northern Ireland. Her characters are amazing, well written, they come to life on the page, their use of the local dialect, their thoughts, I can easily picture them. Set in a caravan park near Bally castle this book is about the different characters who are spending the week off season in their caravans and each chapter focusses on a different person, reflecting the diversity and complexity of Northern Ireland today.

bookfeast101's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

mh_books's review

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5.0

The people are divided is this ten interconnected short stories or is it a novella told from ten characters' points of view in ten chapters? I am for the latter. So short it is hard to say much about these folk in a Northern Irish all stuck in a caravan park together one rainy February weekend - except it was darkly magical.