A review by sharondblk
All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
4.0
I don't even know what this book is, but once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. Is it a parable? A literal story? A fable? Does it matter? it brings me back to that old thing (I don't even know if it's true) -There are only two stories, in one a stranger comes to town, and in the other the protagonist goes on a journey. This is mainly the story of a long walk in the northern Territory Outback, and the internal and external journey that the characters experience.
One small thing that bugged me is that the outback seemed very busy. I get it, it's a parable, or magic realism, or this had to happen to make the story work, and they were walking down a sort of road, but they still seemed to bump into people frequently!
it took me two tries to successfully get into this book. This first time it all seemed a bit hard. and it's certainly not an easy or happy book, but it is definitly worth taking the journey.
One small thing that bugged me is that the outback seemed very busy. I get it, it's a parable, or magic realism, or this had to happen to make the story work, and they were walking down a sort of road, but they still seemed to bump into people frequently!
it took me two tries to successfully get into this book. This first time it all seemed a bit hard. and it's certainly not an easy or happy book, but it is definitly worth taking the journey.