The Weight Of Water
This is a tale of obsessive love, hidden motivations, and the endless resonance of guilt Jean is a photographer sent to Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, to report on a legendary crime. Free Read The Weight Of Water [ author ] Anita Shreve [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Oy Where to begin I realized I was skimming pages, something I only do when I m really bored with a story, so I checked what page I was on 46 Forty six How is it possible that it moves soooo slow that forty six pages felt like a hundred Know what I don t need Adjectives in every single sentence The same island described a million times The regular reminder in every chapter that the husband is a poet and surprise liked to drink Reminders every two pages that she s jealous Ov Oy Where to begin I realized I was skimming pages, something I only do when I m really bored with a story, so I checked what page I was on 46 Forty six How is it possible that it moves soooo slow that forty six pages felt like a hundred Know what I don t need Adjectives in every single sentence The same island described a million times The regular reminder in every chapter that the husband is a poet and surprise liked to drink Reminders every two pages that she s jealous Over and over and over again The book flashes between the present, a letter written in...Anita Shreve author of the much touted The Pilot s Wife has done the near impossible in The Weight of Water She has written two tragic tales, separated bythan 100 years, and coiled them seamlessly into one compelling narrative This is one of the most emotional, provocative and exciting novels I ve read in a long time For those who dismissed The Pilot s Wife with a shrug, this is THE Shreve novel to search out at the local bookstore The Weight of Water is a much better crafted Anita Shreve author of the much touted T...I learned that night that love is never as ferocious as when you think it is going to leave you We are not always allowed this knowledge, and so our love sometimes becomes retrospective Anita Shreve has such a somber but beautiful voice Her stories are incredibly emotional The plot was somewhat scattered and none of the characters were developed enough for me to love them ...This is a powerful book about jealousy, envy, rage and destructive secrets I d seen the movie, but the book is farpowerful and the consequencesdevastating I don t understand why they changed the ending in the film.Anita Shreve could be described as a guilty pleasurelike potato chips I thought this was one of her better efforts, with interwoven plots, some great characterization, and a very sure hand with the New England background Even though I saw the present day plot twist coming from about page 10, the book still held my interestI mentally screamed, Look out Disaster ahead several times I enjoyed this book very much, but most of her others, notably The Pilot s Wife gee, how could the re Anita Shreve could be described as a guilty pleasurelike potato chips I thought this was one of her better efforts, with interwoven plots, some great characterization, and a very sure hand with the New England background Even though I saw the present day plot twist coming from about page 10, the book still held my interestI mentally screamed, Look out Disaster ahead several times I enjoyed this book very much, bu...Shreve is a lyrical storyteller, but this one did not come together for me as much as some I loved the idea of the old murder mystery, combined with the present daybut felt little attachment to the characters of the present I will say, I figured out the twist in the past story, but did not see t...How many times have I read this novel and felt the weight of its somber message and its deep artistry Six Seven And how many times have I visited the place where the ancient events happened, on a tiny, forbidding island off the coast of New HampshireThis review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Ugh This book intertwines two stories One is the murder of two women and happens in a previous century The other is about a photographer sent to where the women were killed to take pictures for a magazine assignment The older story works well and I even liked the weird way the author intertwines the two stories where one flows into the next with only a paragraph break The problem is that thecontemporary story falls completely apart at the end There s a build up full of the photograph Ugh This book intertwines two stories One is the murder of two women and happens in a previous century The other is about a photographer sent to where the women were killed to take pictures for a magazine assignment The older story works well and I even liked the weird way the author intertwines the two stories where one flows into the next with only a paragraph break The problem is that thecontemporary story falls completely apart at the end There s a build up full of the photo...22 On a small island off the New Hampshire coast in 1873, two women were brutally murdered by an unknown assailant A third woman survived the attack, hiding in a sea cave until dawn More than a century later, a photographer, Jean, comes to the island to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crime Immersing herself in accounts of the lives of the fishermen s wives who were its victims, she becomes obsessed with the barrenness of these women s days the ardor killing labor, the long stretch 22 On a small island off the New Hampshire coast in 1873, two women were brutally murdered by an unknown assailant A third woman survived the attack, hiding in a sea cave until dawn More than a century later, a photographer, Jean, comes to the island to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crime Immersing herself in accounts of the lives of the fishermen s wives who were its victims, she becomes obsessed with the barrenness of these women s days the ardor killing labor, the long stretches of loneliness, the maddening relentless winds ...A true watery dirge Harrowing and ultimately haunting.
- English
- 08 August 2018 Anita Shreve
- Paperback
- 246 pages
- 0349109117
- Anita Shreve
- The Weight Of Water