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This is the sort of book that when you finish it, you don't want to read anything else for a while as you want to continue to soak in the story and you don't want to dilute it with something trivial. Beautiful, absorbing, needed tissues, felt the joy and sorrow. I think I have always had a liking for lighthouses ... so this book ticked a lot of boxes.It would probably make a good movie, but I could not watch it ... too raw.
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The best part of this book was the author's ability to show the inner conflicts of both the main and some subsidiary characters. One wrong decision, with all the understandable reasons that led to it, leads to an infinity of complications . The historical and physical settings were both well described and the final outcome was well conceived.
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I had this book on my TBR list for a while now, and with the movie coming up this autumn, I thought it was time to give it a go. I really liked the fact that each main character was broken in their own way and it was hard to sympathise with just one or the other of the parts. Everybody had so much love to give, although some of it misplaced, and the little baby girl was adorable. I also liked how Stedman described the coast of Western Australia, I could almost feel the sun and the salty wind, sm
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A wonderful book, and what a great new writer.
What an emotional roller coaster of a story!
An interesting tale based on life in and around lighthouses in post WWI Western Australia
What a beautifully written book. The story intertwines between the lives of the main characters and you stand on the sidelines as you see what they wanted to achieve and how it all goes wrong and sometimes you can't stop fate. Read the full review at OurBookClub.
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It took me a while to get into this, but I did enjoy it once I did. It's slow paced, perhaps that is why it didn't grab me as quickly as I wanted. Here's my review at my blog: http://leatherboundpounds.wordpress.c...
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definately review worthy. I'll admit I did adore the setting of Australia - mind you the isolation of the lighthouse still requires a map and a steady handed boat captain with a good boat - to get you even close to the action and whispers.
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