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The Boat (2013)

by Clara Salaman(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1781855846 (ISBN13: 9781781855843)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Head of Zeus

review 1: The style of writing and the type of story that I absolutely love, incredible use of imagery without over-doing it; characters that you really like (and characters you loathe) and the style - going from present to past, works perfectly. It's like every single line has been thought about. It's an absolute thriller, not blood and gore, but psychological torture I thought nothing could beat 'The Magpies' but 'The Boat' is right up there with it. It gets extremely dark, totally disturbing, which is so hard to read at times, especially because you feel like you know the characters so well. You feel like you're there, feeling what they feel. I feel like I'll never do Clara Salaman justice whatever I say, so I'll just say get on board with the characters and tell me your hearts n... moreot hammering towards the end! The ending did not disappoint either! It's one where you're like 'Ah okay, no wait, hang on... no... is it?.... oh my god". I loved it.
review 2: I loved this book. I completely fell for the young honeymooning couple Jonny and Clem, who take a trip to Turkey when they are eighteen and feel like life is just one big adventure. Then they end up on a stranger's boat, and things don't turn out quite so well as they hoped... I wont spoiler the plot, but I will say that this was completely gripping - just when you think you've worked it out, there's another twist. It is also in a beautiful setting - the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey - which really comes alive, you can feel the cool breeze and the oppressive heat. In some ways, this reminded me a bit of Alex Garland's 'The Beach', in that it's about a place that looks like paradise, but soon becomes something much darker. I'd recommend this to anyone. less

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