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The White Mary

Kira Salak

Start date: June 1, 2012

Finish date: June 30, 2012

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Mar 04, 2014 Annie rated it liked it

An evocative, but strange and disturbing tale of loss and redemption, set in Papua New Guinea. There were some interesting echoes of The Heart of Darkness (a quest into a malaria-ridden, forbidding jungle to find a missing person turns into a disturbing discovery of the evils of human nature), but without the qualities of Conrad's psychological depth and lucid prose. A fascinating setting, but the uneven characters never became sympathetic or even interesting enough for me to redeem themselves i ...more

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Oct 19, 2008 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: adventure, southeast-asia

Not a perfect book, but strikes me in the right way for my mood. Salak makes effective use of her personal experience without letting Marika come off as a Mary Sue, and the ending is deeply satisfying in its ambiguities. Worth it for the oft-overlooked subject matter and the immediacy of Marika's journeys. ...more

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