soph's Reviews > The Sea

3.5. the writing style is gorgeous and very engaging, but there are some issues that can’t be ignored; the main event of the plot was dealt with so quickly and deftly that it felt rushed and didn’t have any deep effect on me as a reader. it is an atmospheric book but some traits of the narrative voice kept kicking me out of being fully immersed. an example of this is the author’s murakami-esque way of writing about women, painfully single faceted and over sexualised for no gain to the plot rather than evoking the feeling of a very horny preteen, which i suppose fits with part of the story. an enjoyable novel but not without issues.