type1fiction's review
3.0
All in all, this book left me pondering, asking questions, the story left me wanting more. I was intrigued by the character Dolph and I sympathized with David Kingston, not knowing what had happened to his treasured animals that he had donated all those years ago to the project of the ship Conservation. The twists and turns left me wanting more from the story.
The sudden jump from third person to first person in Chapter 19 left me shocked for a few pages but I got into the flow of the character very quickly and indeed like the change of perspective.
However the main thing that I think of when I think of this book is that it took me a while to read it, this affected my reading and enjoyable experience with the book. For me the book was a little dense, I've had a quick look at the other reviews on the site and on goodreads and no other person has mentioned this. Yes I enjoyed the story but the layout and spread of the wordings and paragraphs honestly just gave me a headache, I found myself believing I was reading an academic journal rather than a fictional novel, and this had nothing to do with any of the words used.
For me, I saw many ways in which my mind could be given a breathing space with the length and bulk of lengthy paragraphs.
However I did enjoy the story so for that I would give it three stars.
A lengthier review to follow soon.
The sudden jump from third person to first person in Chapter 19 left me shocked for a few pages but I got into the flow of the character very quickly and indeed like the change of perspective.
However the main thing that I think of when I think of this book is that it took me a while to read it, this affected my reading and enjoyable experience with the book. For me the book was a little dense, I've had a quick look at the other reviews on the site and on goodreads and no other person has mentioned this. Yes I enjoyed the story but the layout and spread of the wordings and paragraphs honestly just gave me a headache, I found myself believing I was reading an academic journal rather than a fictional novel, and this had nothing to do with any of the words used.
For me, I saw many ways in which my mind could be given a breathing space with the length and bulk of lengthy paragraphs.
However I did enjoy the story so for that I would give it three stars.
A lengthier review to follow soon.
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