A review by nora__reads
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An family drama set on the sun soaked French Riviera in the 90s. Tense, enticing and poetic it’s a story of desire and death told by a master. 

Reminiscent of The Great Gatsby in the way it builds tension reliant on things unsaid and summer heat. A wonderfully addictive book, far greater that it’s 160 pages. 
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