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Book Review of The Silver Boat

The Silver Boat
The Silver Boat
Author: Luanne Rice
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 1


I've read several negative reviews about this book but to my surprise, I found it very enjoyable. It is not without flaws; the plot was predictable in places, it felt rushed in places (the whole trip to Ireland felt disjointed when I wanted lyrical), but I loved the family connections, the characters of the sisters and their island friends and the almost mystical threads connecting them all together. Not the author's best work, but frankly, I enjoyed it much more than the author's two or three books preceeding this one. I felt this book harkened back to the feel of the Hubbard's Point/Black Hall books that I so adored. Give this book a chance; you might find the enjoyment in it that I did too.