The Far Cry | Litsy

so-so

“To be forgotten the very moment she thought she had been discovered and found precious was a punishment adult and terrible.” Poor Theresa, that is the story of her young life.

Complicated characters populate this novel. They are certainly not cardboard cutouts, which I wholly appreciated. However, for me it lacked a narrative drive so I didn‘t feel all that compelled to pick it up. #PersephoneClub

Tamra @rubyslippersreads @willaful @LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @sisilia @andrew61 @Caryl @ChaoticMissAdventures @daena @Bookbuyingaddict @Aimee @Gissy @julieclair @elkeOriginal @quietjenn 3w

Tamra I am happy Theresa was seen & heard by Edwin & Miss Spooner. The only two who ever did. 3w

Tamra I also appreciated Edwin‘s anti-colonial attitude. (edited) 3w

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ChaoticMissAdventures ✅✅ I love some complicated characters, but there has to be more to pull you along! Great progress 2w

LeahBergen I felt much the same way. It was a pick for me (although a low pick 😆); I found that I enjoyed the shipboard section more as it was more plot driven. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

CarolynM Yes, it was a bit of a slog for me too🫤 2w

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Tamra

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

Wow, I am guessing chapter 5 pretty much sums up this sad & fraught father daughter relationship. 😟 The chapter also probably explains why they are who they have come to be, which is damaged people. #PersephoneClub

LeahBergen Yes! Yikes. 4w

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CarolynM

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

so-so

I can‘t say I enjoyed this. It‘s a sad little story populated with unhappy, unlikeable characters. Even though I felt sorry for Therese, who everyone treated so badly, I found her hard to like, mostly because the author kept telling me she was charmless. I was surprised at how much the author claimed to have enjoyed her experiences in India - I didn‘t feel any of that from the descriptions in the book.
#PersephoneClub
2nd down for #10BeforeTheEnd

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ChaoticMissAdventures ✅✅ great job! 4w

LeahBergen You‘re definitely right about all the unlikeable characters! I did like Miss Spooner, though. 4w

CarolynM @LeahBergen She was the best of them, but her reserve was so extreme I wasn‘t sure until right at the end that she wasn‘t only being polite. 4w

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LeahBergen

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

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I enjoyed this story of Teresa, swept away to India by her father when her mother (who abandoned her) threatens to come back into her life. Her father is cold and self absorbed but the boat journey (which I loved reading about) and her time in India opens her eyes to an entirely new world.

#PersephoneClub

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CarolynM I think you‘re being rather generous to Mr Digby. He is appalling and he is making me very angry. It‘s hard to believe Lillian could possibly be a worse parent. 4w

LeahBergen @CarolynM You‘re so correct and I did want to use some rather harsher descriptors for him. 😆 I can‘t wait to hear what you think of Ruth… 4w

Tamra Definitely has raised my eyebrows a few times! 4w

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andrew61 Yes Mr Digby leaves a lot to be desired as a parent, although I was shocked by his ultimate fate. Love your silver box. 4w

LeahBergen @Tamra Horrible little man. 😆 4w

LeahBergen @andrew61 Thanks! It‘s a little nod to India. 😁 4w

LeahBergen @andrew61 And I was shocked, too, but is it bad to say that I‘m “glad” for Teresa‘s sake that both he and Ruth died? 😂😂 It left her with some caring people at last! 4w

Cathythoughts Great review and photo.. I‘m loving the silver box too. I‘ve only started the book and enjoying so far 👍🏻 4w

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Thanks, Cathy! I hope you end up liking it, too. 4w

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andrew61

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

pick

The 1st half as Teresa's father escapes Eng with his dtr to India, is a romp with curious characters + vivid descriptions of life on a ship but more vividly the sights,smells,+ sounds of bombay. The 2nd half finds the pair on T's half sisters tea plantation, a story then of strained family + marriage. Good read
@quietjenn @Tamra @CarolynM @sisilia @Caryl @daena @elkeOriginal @Gissy @Aimeesue @Bookbuyingaddict @julieclair @willaful #persephoneclub

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andrew61

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

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I'd love to visit India but this passage transported me to a busy Bombay street as 14 year old Teresa strikes out on her own, escaping her dreadful father Mr Digby who is travelling half the world to spite his ex wife. Another enjoyable read in #persephoneclub
@LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @rubyslippersreads @quietjenn @Tamra @CarolynM @sisilia @Caryl @daena @elkeOriginal @Gissy @Aimeesue @Bookbuyingaddict @julieclair @willaful

LeahBergen I‘m glad you liked it! I‘m just getting started on it myself. 1mo

CarolynM Looking forward to getting started🙂 1mo

Tamra I‘m wrapping up two books and then I‘m getting back to this one. 🤞🏾 1mo

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LitsyEvents

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

Reposting for @LeahBergen
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2784667

LeahBergen Thanks for the repost! 2mo

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LeahBergen

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

It‘s now October so that means it‘s time for one of our #PersephoneClub reads!

@Aimeesue ‘s pick for us this month is The Far Cry by Emma Smith. This is a casual buddy read; read and comment on each other‘s posts and reviews as you see them. We usually aim to finish by the middle of the month but that‘s not written in stone. 😉 And anyone is welcome to read along with us, of course!

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LeahBergen @LitsyEvents 2mo

willaful Doesn\'t look like this one\'s available for me. :-( 2mo

LeahBergen @willaful Oh, too bad! Maybe through Interlibrary Loan? 2mo

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Cathythoughts Thanks Leah ! I must get the book , I don‘t have this one lined up 🙈 ! I‘m on it 👍🏻❤️ I can get it on kindle 👍🏻 (edited) 2mo

Tamra I‘ve started and it‘s promising! 😃 2mo

rubyslippersreads I have the ebook, but still need to catch up on the last Persephone book! 😂 2mo

willaful @LeahBergen Oh, I didn\'t even think of that! I\'ll check. 2mo

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Yay! I‘m glad you found it. 😘 2mo

LeahBergen @Tamra Good to hear! 👏 2mo

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I‘ve been playing catchup for the last few weeks! 😆 2mo

LeahBergen @willaful It looks like there‘s an ebook available (if you read that way).😀 2mo

quietjenn Looking forward to it! 2mo

Aimeesue Gosh, I hope I picked a good one! 😁 2mo

LeahBergen @quietjenn Me, too! 2mo

LeahBergen @Aimeesue I‘ve had it waiting on my shelves for YEARS… so it will obviously be your fault if I don‘t like it. 🤣 2mo

Aimeesue @LeahBergen 😂😂😂 1mo

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squirrelbrain

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

Thanks for the tag @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

1. The tagged book is a Persephone book set in India - I loved it!
2. Yes, one of my other favourites was The God of Small Things.
3. Yes, a lot. We live near Bradford, UK, with its large Indian community, so lots of nice Indian restaurants round here....we also cook curry at home. I prefer ‘flavoursome‘ rather than ‘blow your head off‘ spicy! 🥵

Anyone else want to play along?

Blackink_WhitePaper

TheEllieMo Blow-your-head-off spicy is an English invention! Flavoursome is much better 😁 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Both books sound good. I am also a fan of the more flavorsome foods. Thanks for playing! 4y

Blackink_WhitePaper Blow your head off spicy 🌶 😝😝 nice one ...😛 thanks for playing 4y

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squirrelbrain

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

Besides having far in the title this book is definitely all about #howfarillgo.

It‘s the story of Teresa, a young girl who is ‘dragged off‘ to India by her father, to avoid her mother who has recently returned to Teresa‘s life after abandoning her as a baby.

The descriptions of the boat trip there, the people Teresa meets and, of course,India itself are just fabulous.....

Loving the Persephone endpapers, as usual!

#MayMovieMagic

Cinfhen, RohitSawant

Cinfhen Jealous!! I think I‘m ready to own a Persephone book 6y

erzascarletbookgasm All these #Persephone and #NYRB editions are driving me crazy (in a good way) 😉 6y

RohitSawant How wonderful! 6y

gradcat I guess I‘m going to have to buy books (as opposed to e-books) so that I can have a nice row of #Persephone & #NYRB editions...really lovely endpapers! 😍 6y

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squirrelbrain

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

pick

Loved this book, I‘d call it a ‘classic‘ but with a slightly dark twist. It‘s a tale of difficult relationships through the eyes of a young teenager swept off to India suddenly by her father.

Thanks to @laurenbescoby for the Amazon Qb.99 tip off! Have either of you made a start on this yet @Oryx @MayJasper ? I think you‘ll enjoy it!

laurieluna That was quick! Glad you liked it, going to be at least another month until I get to it as I clear my currently reading pile 🙈 6y

squirrelbrain I just picked it randomly off the TBR shelf, and glad I did! @laurenbescoby 6y

Oryx Not started it yet, not sure when I'll get to it, but maybe will bring to Gladstone library in April if I don't get to before then. 6y

MayJasper No I haven't yet. To be honest my TBR pile (or rather piles) is getting out of control! 6y

squirrelbrain Me too @MayJasper ! 😜 6y

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MayJasper

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

I got this Persephone book on Amazon UK for £3.99 thanks to a Litsy tip off❗ Yes £3.99❗And I had to buy another book to qualify for free postage 😜 I am sorry I can't remember who the tip off was from. Thanks whoever you are ❤️
Oh happy day 😊 #Persephone

squirrelbrain It was @miralunasbooknook as I got one too! ❤️ 6y

Eyelit That‘s awesome!! 6y

MayJasper Thanks @squirrelbrain of course it was @miralunasbooknook 6y

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laurieluna Via @Oryx I believe 😁 x 6y

MayJasper Thanks to @Oryx as well 😊 6y

Oryx It's just a chain of enablement... 😘 @miralunasbooknook @MayJasper 6y

MayJasper I like that @Oryx - a chain of enablement 😊 6y

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Oryx

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

It's here! A Persephone for less than £4! Thanks for the tip @miralunasbooknook

@squirrelbrain

GondorGirl 😍 6y

laurieluna YES! Amazing. I think I may be checking the Persephone's on Amazon on a regular basis now... 6y

MayJasper I read this and trotted off to Amazon myself and found this deal. Thanks 😘 6y

Oryx @MayJasper Yeah 😄 6y

squirrelbrain Gggrr they tried to deliver mine to my husband‘s office about 10 minutes after it closed last night, and no doubt they‘ll try again today, seeing as it‘s Saturday... 6y

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laurieluna

The Far Cry | Emma Smith

When you take a punt on a book on Amazon stating it's a Persephone for only £3.97, and it actually is! Bargain!! ❤️ #persephonebooks

Oryx You have the best luck with Persephone! Well done 6y

laurieluna @Oryx it's still listed, gone down to £3.77 now too! 6y

rockpools Wow! 6y

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Oryx @miralunasbooknook Thanks for the tip! Ordered 😁 6y

Reviewsbylola Score! 6y

squirrelbrain Naughty @miralunasbooknook ! I didn‘t need any more books, especially not this close to Christmas, but hey it‘s ordered now! Do we feel a #buddyread coming along? @oryx too! 6y

Oryx @squirrelbrain Good idea! 6y

laurieluna @Oryx @squirrelbrain yes because I've read the blurb and I'm itching to read it!! 6y

squirrelbrain Let‘s ‘book‘ that in then! @Oryx @miralunasbooknook - just let me know when as I can fit it in whenever... 6y

toric £3.73 whoops fingers fell on the buy it now button 6y

laurieluna @toric it keeps going down!! I should have waited 😂 join us for the buddy read? 6y

toric @miralunasbooknook I've never done one before but i'm always up for trying something new! 6y

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