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The Long-Shining Waters (2011)

by Danielle Sosin(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1571310835 (ISBN13: 9781571310835)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Milkweed Editions

review 1: The subject matter was interesting, but the characters were unreachable because of the author's use of telling rather than showing. And don't get me started on all of the one word "sentences." Dead. Cold. Blue. Bear. Dragonfly. Combine that with the random free verse poetry in italics from an unidentified speaker and it made for some painful reading. Experimental and lyrical, and for readers who have visited the lake then memorable. For the rest of us, it's a struggle to identify.
review 2: A dark story showcasing 3 women whose only connection is there association with Lake Superior. I loved the author's lyrical almost poetic writing. Reading her descriptions you can feel and see the lake from its' smooth glass like appearance to the stormy waves crashing on t... morehe rocks. I felt she could have done a better job of developing the characters and I never did figure out the purpose of the 4th voice that appeared before some of the chapters. That being said I thought it was a good read. less

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