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Wild Dark Shore
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idk I feel like the hype is a little high for this one. I really wish GR would give us half and quarter stars bc this is a true 3.5 stars for me right now.
After the death of his wife during childbirth, Dominic moves his family and takes a job as lighthouse keeper on a remote island near Antarctica. The island is home to a seed vault and research station. The effects of climate change are forcing them to move as the permafrost is melting and it’s no longer safe.
While waiting for the ship to pick them up, a woman is washed ashore.
As she is nursed back to health, she detects that maybe all is not as idyllic as it seems.. can she trust their stories? Or are they really hiding a terrible truth?
The story slips between genres from heart-breaking literary fiction to thriller more than once. On the one hand, the Salt family are barely holding things together on the island. Dominic and Raf are frozen in grief for lost loved ones. Fen is turning near feral among the elephant seals and royal penguins. Orly talks to ghosts. Rowan is also nursing a broken heart.
And yet, many of the poignant moments in the novel are interrupted by the revelation that something terrible happened on the island before Rowan arrived. Why is there a passport and a laptop hidden in the floor of the tool shed? Who smashed the radio, making it impossible to contact the mainland.
I did enjoy this one, it's extremely atmospheric with lush lyrical prose - love those aspects. I just found that the story moved so slow. On top of the pacing being slow, I listened to the audio for this one and while it wasn't a poor production in any sense - I did feel that the narrators tone didn't always work for me. All of them. LOL. They speak so low and soft and I get that it's trying to fit the vibe of the book but between the slow pace and the soft voices I couldn't stay engaged.
The twists didn't really move me and the ending felt disappointing. I think with this one, I enjoyed the vibes and the characters for the most part, but wasn't a big fan of the overall story.
🧡Contemporary x Lit Fic
🧡Great Character Development
🧡Rotating/Multi POV
🧡Realistic Dealing with Grief
🧡Mystery/Thriller Components
🧡Interesting Family Dynamics
🧡Dangers of Isolation
🧡Hidden Motives
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After the death of his wife during childbirth, Dominic moves his family and takes a job as lighthouse keeper on a remote island near Antarctica. The island is home to a seed vault and research station. The effects of climate change are forcing them to move as the permafrost is melting and it’s no longer safe.
While waiting for the ship to pick them up, a woman is washed ashore.
As she is nursed back to health, she detects that maybe all is not as idyllic as it seems.. can she trust their stories? Or are they really hiding a terrible truth?
The story slips between genres from heart-breaking literary fiction to thriller more than once. On the one hand, the Salt family are barely holding things together on the island. Dominic and Raf are frozen in grief for lost loved ones. Fen is turning near feral among the elephant seals and royal penguins. Orly talks to ghosts. Rowan is also nursing a broken heart.
And yet, many of the poignant moments in the novel are interrupted by the revelation that something terrible happened on the island before Rowan arrived. Why is there a passport and a laptop hidden in the floor of the tool shed? Who smashed the radio, making it impossible to contact the mainland.
I did enjoy this one, it's extremely atmospheric with lush lyrical prose - love those aspects. I just found that the story moved so slow. On top of the pacing being slow, I listened to the audio for this one and while it wasn't a poor production in any sense - I did feel that the narrators tone didn't always work for me. All of them. LOL. They speak so low and soft and I get that it's trying to fit the vibe of the book but between the slow pace and the soft voices I couldn't stay engaged.
The twists didn't really move me and the ending felt disappointing. I think with this one, I enjoyed the vibes and the characters for the most part, but wasn't a big fan of the overall story.
🧡Contemporary x Lit Fic
🧡Great Character Development
🧡Rotating/Multi POV
🧡Realistic Dealing with Grief
🧡Mystery/Thriller Components
🧡Interesting Family Dynamics
🧡Dangers of Isolation
🧡Hidden Motives
⋆✴︎˚｡� ˗ˏˋ★‿︵� ˚ ₊⊹
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I’ve also heard this! Enjoy 💓
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@kimberley thank you!! 🤞🏻❤️
@hoda thank you bestie 💜💜
oooooh happiest reading bsf!! 💖
oooohh hope it delivers! 🤞🏻 happy reading heather babes 💖
@cara thank you bb ❤️
Hope u enjoy this one babes💓
Happy reading! 💖 Hope you love it as much as everyone says! 😍📚
koi wrote: "happy reading!! 🫶🏼"Thank you love! ❤️
Love this cover. Hope it's a good one!
hope you love it! the tropes sound so good
this sounds goooodddd! i hope you enjoy love �
happy reading bb!! hope this one delivers for you! 🫂💓
᪲᪲� wrote: "happy reading Heather 💞"Thank you darling! 💘
Hope it lyrically and poetically changes your life in the best way possible 🤌🫶
@kitkat thank you babes! 🤞🏻❤️
@lauren thank you love 🤍🌷
@cherie thank you my love 🤍🌸
~Maddy � wrote: "Hope u enjoy this one babes💓"Thank you love 💘💘
Fairuz ᥫ᭡. wrote: "Happy reading! 💖 Hope you love it as much as everyone says! 😍📚"Thank you love! I'm not sure how I feel so far lol 🤍
♥︎ Heather �(Semi-Hiatus) wrote: "Fairuz ᥫ᭡. wrote: "Happy reading! 💖 Hope you love it as much as everyone says! 😍📚"Thank you love! I'm not sure how I feel so far lol 🤍"
This is sort of how I felt as I listened. It was good, but I didn’t really get the extreme love. Then that ending�. 😭 it ended up being 5 stars for me.
@mandy I’m listening on audio while working and idk it’s just been a couple of hectic days. My mood is piss poor lol I put it on pause bc I know I’m not giving it the attention in needs. I’m going to go back a few chapters and start again tomorrow. I’m so happy to hear you loved it though- makes me excited to go back to it! Ty! ❤️
happy reading my love 💗🫂
@nancy thank you bb ❤️
@autumn isn’t it pretty 😍 thank you lovely ❤️
glad you still somewhat enjoyed babes🖤 hope your next read is even better.
@naz thank you babes 🩷
@uswah thank you bbs 🩷🌸
I couldn’t get into this one :(
kimberley � wrote: "I couldn’t get into this one :("I struggled too. ❤️
Excellent review Heather! 🤍 I’m glad you enjoyed some aspects of it. I hope you love your next read!
@leah thank you babes! I enjoyed it, it just didn’t alter my life like it was supposed to lol ❤️❤️
nina ʚïɞ wrote: "happy reading bb!! hope this one delivers for you! 🫂💓"Thank you babes. I enjoyed it but didn't love it. ❤️
Deepak wrote: "Hope it lyrically and poetically changes your life in the best way possible 🤌🫶"I wish it did lol but it was still enjoyable. Thank you, Deepak ❤️
Wonderful review! I hope to start this one soon!
﹒⪩⪨﹒ tara ﹒⪩⪨﹒(exams ia!) wrote: "Happy reading!!"Thank you, Tara 💗
love the review ml 💛
@cora thank you love 🤍🌷
@gillian thanks so much lovely. I’d definitely like to try another of the authors soon. 🤞🏻❤️
@L.A. I hope you love it! Ty! ❤️
jasmine •｡ꪆৎ ˚� (semi-hiatus) wrote: "love the review ml 💛"Thank you bbs! 💗💗
glad you still kinda liked it!! hope your next read is even better <33
