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A review by fabulousfunk
Haven by Emma Donoghue
4.0
*Audiobook
"Haven" is a violently slow burning book that explores the psychological bounds and malign strictness of faith on a barren island from the minds of three very different monks. The relationship between Artt, Cormac, and Trian is wrenching and moving, and offers the core of the novel-- it takes a profound skill to write a villain like Artt and the sympathetic brotherhood between Train and Cormac. Yet, one might reasonable yearn for a better paced first-half and a better managing of perspective.
"Haven" is a violently slow burning book that explores the psychological bounds and malign strictness of faith on a barren island from the minds of three very different monks. The relationship between Artt, Cormac, and Trian is wrenching and moving, and offers the core of the novel-- it takes a profound skill to write a villain like Artt and the sympathetic brotherhood between Train and Cormac. Yet, one might reasonable yearn for a better paced first-half and a better managing of perspective.