Review: Sumptuous wordsmithing, but story never completely pulled me in
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2012
There were many points where I read a passage multiple times simply because of the author's rich descriptions ("the loneliness inside him was as deep as a well and, when he tried to laugh, no sound came out of his mouth, only echoes from a dark place inside." location 692 and "She let the water take her deeper, gradually opening her eyes. There was a second sky down here, mud and silt, drifting like clouds." location 1924).  As much as I enjoyed the writing, though, the story itself felt cold and a bit overworked.  It did not feel as though it were set in the current day, and I wasn't drawn to either Fabbia or Ella.