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Island Of Wings (2011)

by Karin Altenberg(Favorite Author)

3.32 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1770890122 (ISBN13: 9781770890121)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

House of Anansi Press

review 1: A slow, depressing read. The synopsis of the book calls it "a richly imagined novel about two people struggling to keep their love, and their family, alive in a place of terrible hardship and tumultuous beauty." In huge contrast, the couple did nothing of the sort. It was frustrating to see them repeatedly not even try to talk to each other or grow close. They just let things go down whatever path things wanted to go down, which in a marriage inevitably means growing apart and not understanding each other. The husband was cruel, and both spouses kept their distance. Disturbing. There is no hope in this book, and the blurb is grossly misleading.
review 2: Neil and Elizabeth MacKenzie go to St. Kilda in the Outer Hebrides in the 1830s as missionaries. What they ... morefind is a village of incredibly primitive and unsantitary living conditions. The story is mostly narrated by Elizabeth (Lizzie) who speaks no Gaelic and is therefore unable to communicate with anyone but her husband. Very vivid imagery tells her isolation and struggles. I admit, it was hard for me to put myself in their places, it was such an alien lifestyle to me, but a powerful read. less

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