A wonderful, wonderful book and I wish I had the words to do justice to it's review.
I was hooked from the first page and kept enthralled all the way through. The descriptive writing, which I love, was beautiful. I could see St Kilda in all it's glory and it's harshness. Life was tough on the island and we do get to see that clearly but also the love the people had for their home.
There are two main timelines to the story, 1927 and 1940. Most of the book takes place in the 1927 timeline and this is fine. We get all the backstory which is interspersed with the 1940 one and then onward towards the end.
Hankies out when the people leave the island for the last time. Heart breaking stuff!
I loved the ending. There is romance in the book but it's not soppy or over the top in any way. It just 'is' and is all the better for it.
The book just flows along and you're rooting for the people the whole time.
I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's a story that will stay with me for some time.
I was hooked from the first page and kept enthralled all the way through. The descriptive writing, which I love, was beautiful. I could see St Kilda in all it's glory and it's harshness. Life was tough on the island and we do get to see that clearly but also the love the people had for their home.
There are two main timelines to the story, 1927 and 1940. Most of the book takes place in the 1927 timeline and this is fine. We get all the backstory which is interspersed with the 1940 one and then onward towards the end.
Hankies out when the people leave the island for the last time. Heart breaking stuff!
I loved the ending. There is romance in the book but it's not soppy or over the top in any way. It just 'is' and is all the better for it.
The book just flows along and you're rooting for the people the whole time.
I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's a story that will stay with me for some time.