Review: A Well-Written Novel about a Jinxed Relationship
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
I am not too crazy about teacher-student romances, but this book is so well-written and so true to life that it made me forget my bias.The frame-work of the novel is clever and works wonderfully for the plot and the characters. I didn't care too much for who the characters were and their values, but they were true-to life, and at times, I wondered if this could be an autobiography. This feeling is of course due to the author's skill with the characters and her elegance with the use of the language.The sailing scenes were exciting and made me believe that the author knew a lot about sailing, which was a bonus. The book through its pacing reminded me of the works written in the first half of the twentieth century, rather than today's novels that usually are too fast moving to leave the reader gasping for air.In short, this is a masterfully written novel, but more for those readers like me who may remember the world as it used to be during the late nineteen-fifties.