The Fishermen

I wanted to DNF it by page 60. I wish I had. This just wasn't a book for me: I found it irritating and depressing, chock full o' superstition, violence (physical and emotional), ignorance, toxic masculinity, abuse, trauma. The so-and-so-is-this-animal comparisons felt forced. The story was annoying in other ways: not exactly an unreliable narrator, but (minor more a case of oh, I neglected to mention this super-important detail that happened a few chapters ago and completely changes the reader's understanding of the situation). That was jarring and felt gimmicky. For me, a good storyteller will take themself out of the story so it's the action and feelings that the reader focus on. This felt more like, look at me!