Crow Lake
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3 journalers for this copy...
This novel, by a Canadian author who is new to me, has had many wonderful reviews. I have not yet read it but until I get to it, I am lending it to a fellow bookcrosser
Jessibud, my TBR pile just grows and grows because of you! Thanks for lending this one to me!
Tender, exquisite. It's as if I was lying in bed all curled up in some cold sheets that were yanked away from me, but then replaced by a soft warm comforting blanket instead. I felt like I grew right along with Kate, even when that was difficult and a shock. Overall a wonderful book!
Thanks so much, Jessibud, for passing this book on to me. I loved it!
Thanks so much, Jessibud, for passing this book on to me. I loved it!
Well, it's sure taken me long enough to get around to this one!
This was a slow, quiet story, a story told in a past/present format, with lots of build-up. The writing is spare yet evocative, reflective, personal. I liked the back and forth bits but at times, I just wanted the big reveal to happen, already. Still, especially for a debut novel, it was very good. Lawson is quite masterful at description and I could almost see the landscape, the house, the ponds, even though I have never been to remote northern Ontario.
The story is about 4 children, orphaned young; the 2 older boys are in their teens, the 2 younger girls are 1 and 7 years old, when their parents are killed in a car accident (this happens early in the book so this is not a spoiler at all). The story is narrated by Kate, the third child, when she is in her late 20s and chronicles the efforts of the boys, especially, and the struggles, sacrifices and cost, to keep the family together, no matter what. There are, of course, other strands of the story at play, that Kate comes to understand only in retrospect but all the pieces of the puzzle are there, revealed slowly. It feels odd to say this but the book was both frustrating and satisfying, at the same time. I did like it.
This was a slow, quiet story, a story told in a past/present format, with lots of build-up. The writing is spare yet evocative, reflective, personal. I liked the back and forth bits but at times, I just wanted the big reveal to happen, already. Still, especially for a debut novel, it was very good. Lawson is quite masterful at description and I could almost see the landscape, the house, the ponds, even though I have never been to remote northern Ontario.
The story is about 4 children, orphaned young; the 2 older boys are in their teens, the 2 younger girls are 1 and 7 years old, when their parents are killed in a car accident (this happens early in the book so this is not a spoiler at all). The story is narrated by Kate, the third child, when she is in her late 20s and chronicles the efforts of the boys, especially, and the struggles, sacrifices and cost, to keep the family together, no matter what. There are, of course, other strands of the story at play, that Kate comes to understand only in retrospect but all the pieces of the puzzle are there, revealed slowly. It feels odd to say this but the book was both frustrating and satisfying, at the same time. I did like it.
Bringing to our meetup tomorrow.
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What you have in your hands is an honest-to-goodness gift, no strings attached. You may keep it forever and ever, pass it on to a friend, or release it into the wild like I did.
If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (it's free!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, jessibud, as the member who referred you. Or you may remain anonymous!
If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll journal so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and happy Crossing!
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What you have in your hands is an honest-to-goodness gift, no strings attached. You may keep it forever and ever, pass it on to a friend, or release it into the wild like I did.
If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (it's free!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, jessibud, as the member who referred you. Or you may remain anonymous!
If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll journal so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and happy Crossing!
Journal Entry 6 by Bucklesbook at Sobey's at Mt Pleasant and Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (6/26/2018 UTC) at Sobey's at Mt Pleasant and Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
A truly great book. The writing is superb and the story beautifully told. I highly recommend this book to wgoever finds it. Read and enjoy.
