I was instantly drawn to the cover of this book, which is very eye catching and clearly a good painting. It made me hopeful of what this book might have to offer, tbough, the book itself on the other hand did not stand out, and sadly ‘The narrow land’ failed to grip me and the story failed to gather pace, I really wanted to like this book yet, I just couldnt enjoy it, maybe other readers will, for me, not enough happened and I couldn’t relate to the characters, I did not feel particularly compelled or excited about what was going to happen next or the direction the plot would go, it was a story that I felt perhaps could have been shorter. All in all I did not enjoy this book and probably won’t recommend it.