Reviews and Comments

One of the small humans wanted me to read this. They had an inspirational zoom with the author at school and loved the book. Excellent start, 10 pages in!

Not sure I made it to the end before, must have got bored. Anyway nice to finish it this time and understand it!

I love a good historic fiction and this is a good one. Detailed as if you are there in the room, moving, absorbing.

Phenomenal read, it's just a walk, but it's oh so good. Covers topics of illness, hiking, love, money and general striving to live. So enjoyable, emotional, encouraging.

The two characters have lost everything and their world is falling apart. They start the south west coast path to see how far they get. This is only a short novel but felt like I was in it for the whole of their journey, like time slowed down and I went at their pace for a bit. Moving and interesting at the same time

Well after picking this up at a book exchange box locally I had very few expectations. I read it over the holidays and in the end, due to a few poor nights sleep, devoured the last third very quickly.

It's not complex literature by any stretch of the imagination, leaving me sometimes wishing for better writing. As a reflection of the innocence of the main character the simple story telling works ok though.

The story follows a brother and sister as they try to escape the grasp of a German-invaded-France. I enjoyed reading about the resistance, sabotage and community spirit that got people through. If you're interested in French geography or canals you might enjoy the route the pair take as they try to get to their Uncle. I was left wanting to find out what happened next for the characters.

Picked up at a book exchange box, a quick read, interesting delving into the French resistance from a young person's perspective. Satisfying & simple.

Reader review "'If Becky Chambers wrote a story arc for Star Trek but the Doctor wandered in and brought The Hitchhiker's Guide."

Uncomfortable but capturing read. Not a wholly satisfactory ending.

Got me gripped this one. Don't know if I like it! Thriller crime drama central.

This book describes the discoveries made by two very different characters as they visit the tide regions of Bengal. The scientist and the translator navigate other new relationships and ways of living as they make deep personal discoveries. There is much rich description of the tide countries, flora and fauna and one can't feel feeling you've take a trip out to sea too. Local politics, religion and traditions are all touched on in a gentle but sometimes stark way. The story line intertwines present time and a historical narrative and the drama continues right to the last few pages. Really enjoyable read, so pleased I picked it up.

This book describes the discoveries made by two very different characters as they visit the tide regions of Bengal. The scientist and the translator navigate other new relationships and ways of living as they make deep personal discoveries. There is much rich description of the tide countries, flora and fauna and one can't feel feeling you've take a trip out to sea too. Local politics, religion and traditions are all touched on in a gentle but sometimes stark way. The story line intertwines present time and a historical narrative and the drama continues right to the last few pages. Really enjoyable read, so pleased I picked it up.

Loving this book so far, a lot of depth.

I think this is a book for young teens to adults. A very short simple text really, but full of deep meanings as the story unfolds. The simple writing reflects the girl and the snakes maturity and development.