A review by katewhite77
The Colony by Audrey Magee

challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A Wonderfully lyrical Novel.

A beautiful meditation on colony and colonisation and mainly. but not exclusively the geopolitical Anglo-Irish iteration with a particular focus on language. 

I would recommend the audio version of this particular book as I think this book is probably best heard than read  if possible just let the words carry you across the Irish Sea. 

This is not an easy read but an important and poetic one.
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