Enchanted Islands - Alison Amend 2/5

[Nicole D.]

On Amazon 3 stars is "It's OK" on Goodreads 2 stars is "It's OK"
so it's getting 3 on Amazon and 2 on GR.

Enchanted Islands
2/5

This novel takes some historical context and creates a pretty average story with characters that I couldn't 100% get behind. In fact, they all had some major issue which made them somewhat unlikable.

I'm fascinated by the Galapagos. I thought The Origin by Irving Stone an enthralling book. Sadly, this book spent less than 100 pages on the islands, and there was still very little about the islands themselves. An occasional mention of a bird or tortoise. Beyond that, they could have been on any island, so I feel like the title and the premise of the book was misleading. A better title of this book would have been "The Story of Two Friendships in a Time of War." Because that's really what it was.

It wasn't bad, and it moved quickly, but I honestly didn't care if I finished it. I wasn't invested in anyway.

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As a side note, this

“Allison Amend’s dazzling Enchanted Islands is steeped in the wondrous history of the Galápagos and bursting with the magic of pure invention. An elegant stylist and a masterful chronicler of the most hidden and luminous corners of the human experience, Amend is a spectacular talent, and this brilliant novel is the evidence.”
—Laura van den Berg, author of Find Me

Is one of the most absurd blurbs I've ever read. The book wasn't dazzling, and all the rest is overwritten hooey. I don't know why it's bugging me so much but it is. LOL. #crabby

[Booknblues]

You're in the Galapagos and I'm in the Farallons.

[Nicole D.]

Hey my new book is in the farralons. What are you reading?

[Nicole D.]

Hey my new book is in the farralons. What are you reading?

[Nicole D.]

Omg. Lol. No wonder, I was reading the wrong book. Accidentally started the light keepers when should have been reading the childhood of Jesus.

[Booknblues]

Nicole wrote: "Hey my new book is in the farralons. What are you reading?"
The Lightkeepers

[Book Concierge]

Nicole wrote: "Hey my new book is in the farralons. What are you reading?"

I read The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks which is set in the Farallons back in Sept 2006. Fascinating.

[Booknblues]

Book Concierge wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Hey my new book is in the farralons. What are you reading?"

I read The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks which is..."

I think that I might have to add it to my tbr after finishing The Lightkeepers.