The Encouragement of Others

by Magnus Mills

This is the story of a man who sails to the north and discovers that life there is different to what he imagined.

Genres: Fiction

165 pages, Paperback

First published March 24, 2024

Reviews

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another short but fantastic book from Magnus Mills. This one is about sailing and features similar characters to his other work. A man visits somewhere new where the regular characters all have some odd quirk. He meets a woman who never quite takes to him. And it’s never quite resolved. Although it’s the same familiar themes as always, it’s another great story and I enjoyed it very much.

Perhaps it could have been longer. But I think Mills always likes to leave some mystery, more so since he’s been self publishing.

[Ivan Monckton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Magnus Mills’ latest novel,The Encoragement of Others (2024) is, as always, a laugh-out-loud quirky joy. It concerns sailing, specifically a new design of boat; two pubs, The Black swan and The white swan; a rock band who never get around to playing and a host of the usual extremely odd characters….

[Darren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical Mills, with all his usual elements present. Highly intriguing set-up, so really want to know more about the New Standard Dinghys, the jetty inspector, Louise, the White and Black Swans, the band in the back-room, Tick Tock, etc 3.5 Stars rounding down on its own, but will probably increase after sequel(s)... ;o)

[Reader · Rating 2 out of 5]

As others have said, it has the usual quirky Magnus Mills characters, and in places it’s quite amusing, but overall it’s a pretty feeble plot and doesn’t really go anywhere. It’s a short story at a not so short price and I feel decidedly short changed.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

A typical Magnus Mills read. Quirky and off beat.

[Kathrin Passig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich glaube, es ist wieder so was Metaphorisches. Ich mag die un- oder weniger metaphorischen Bücher von Magnus Mills lieber.