I N C L U D E S A F F I L I A T E L I N K S
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Title: In The Beginning Was The SeaAuthor: Tomás González, Frank Wynne (translator)
Published: 1983
Language: English (translated from Spanish)
Pages: 173
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
A couple leave behind their comfortable lives to settle down on a remote island, but soon paradise turns into hell.
Review:
This was a pretty interesting book, but I'm not as impressed with it as I thought I was going to be.
There are some things in this book I really like, especially the setting. I felt like I could vividly picture the island, the people living there and the country estate the main characters lived on. I also loved the constant presence and description of the sea.
The two main characters are deeply unlikeable people and usually, I kind of like reading about those kinds of characters, but in this, I felt that they were lacking a little bit in depth. I sometimes felt like I couldn't really get to know them properly, like there was a wall there that made it a little hard to get truly invested in them. I do like how completely out of touch with reality they seem though, and seeing the consequences of that.
This book has gotten great acclaim since it was published, and although I'm not 100% on board with all of that, I still think this is worth the read.
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