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The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Steadman
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I just had another friend read this and also say it was excellent. Sounds worth a read.
I listened to this on audio with a wonderful narrator that had Tom's voice in my opinion. I loved the story and also gave it 5 stars. I'm glad to hear that the movie was good.
I enjoyed this one too. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. I love Fassbender!
I'm not sure if I could watch the movie having read the book or not.
Loved the book thought I don't think I can watch the movie now that I know it's such a heartbreaking story. I don't think my heart can handle it :'(
I really did not like this book and yet feel oddly tempted to see the movie.
I read the book and really enjoyed it. I was looking forward to the movie. I saw the movie over the weekend. It followed the book fairly closely, but I found it slow. The book held my interest. The movie did not.
I didn't realize this had a movie following it! The books been on my TBR Mountain for ages, maybe the movie will give it a kick to the top.
Sara wrote: "I really did not like this book and yet feel oddly tempted to see the movie."I gave it 3 stars, torn between the quality of writing and what I thought of the story, protagonist, etc. I don't want to see it because I don't want to revisit the story of her keeping the baby.
M. L. steadman
5 stars
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS takes place in Australia. Tom returns from WWI and trains to be a lighthouse keeper. He is assigned to Janus Rock, 100 miles offshore. He meets and marries isabel, a younger, vibrant woman. She seems to love Janus, but after suffering 3 misscarriages she is depressed and devastated.
A small rowboat washes up on the island and part of the cargo is a small baby. and Isabel and Tom are at odds over what to do about it. The book is beautifully written and brings strong emotions to the pages of the story.
The characters are well developed, and the women in the story (Isabel and later Hannah) can be both extremely likeable and also detested. The book ends quickly and sadly, but we do get to see what happened with the person described as the "light" between the two oceans where Janus Rock was positioned.
i saw the movie a few days after I finished the book and while the other ladies with me said the movie was slow and a little long, it did follow the book closely and it was interesting to me to see the characters "come to life". I really enjoyed the character of Isabel (Alicia Vikander), whose facial expressions fit in exactly with the different parts of the story.
Book and movie equally great (usually the book is better). I can recommend both but I would say read the book first!