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The prose is beautiful and the atmosphere is the right kind of bleak, but this is a very character-driven story and I found exactly none of the characters interesting.

smokeyshouse's review

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mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This book is literary historical fiction, but could be read as environmental fiction. The emotional lives of the characters was stultifying and tedious, which took away from the overall enjoyment of the book.

_sal_'s review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

zoey69's review against another edition

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3.0

This guy is CONSTANTLY falling over

shynerdish's review

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adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

shannon_jayne1's review

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adventurous mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.25

A quiet atmospheric read. I enjoyed the way that the story was told in a fragmented way that alternated between different characters and time periods, but do understand how some would find this disorienting. I liked the exploration of themes such as; grief, obsession, climate, love and colonisation. Though I do think there we a couple of instances where a plot point was set up really well to not really have much pay off later on. Overall though I did enjoy this book and would consider reading it again in the future.

shancowie's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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