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Island
Island | Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen
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A lyrical, moving tale of love, loss and belonging, across three generations of a Faroe Islands family Death brings the young woman back to the Faroes, the windswept rocky islands of the north where she has never lived but which she has always called home. There she finds her stories entwining with those of her ancestors as she searches for a way to connect with Faroese culture. But is "home" just a place name, or something more? Island is a literary tale of exile and homecoming, split across three generations of a Faroe islands family, strongly inspired by the author's own family history. It is a beautiful story of emigration and immigration, and of what it means to belong.
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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
Island | Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen
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Mehso-so

2/5

Quite disappointing. Despite very well written parts, the way the book was constructed made it hard to read and to follow the story.

The way the book was constructed was a disservice to the interesting themes presented in the book: expatriation, homecoming, the feeling of not belonging (especially for the future generations), etc.

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Anna40
Island | Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen
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Mehso-so

Its lyrical language and writing is why I give this book a so-so and not a worse rating. The storyline was difficult for me to follow. I lost interest in the characters and place. Hung in there to the end only to see if it got any better but no, not for me.

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Vansa
Island | Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen
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So incredibly evocative. I can practically feel the spray of rain

shawnmooney Vansa, if you end up liking this, I would love to have a 10-minute chat with you on Zoom about it after you have finished – it would be for my Bite-sized Book Chats series on my BookTube channel. The playlist is here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf. Please think it over and let me know OK? I‘d be tickled pink to have you on as a guest! 3y
Vansa @shawnmooney of course, would love to chat about it! I've seen your YouTube videos , they're very fun!I did like the book, here's my full review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4274509350 3y
shawnmooney What a great review! I just submitted a friend request on Goodreads and if you are comfortable to accept it, I will DM you after that. Otherwise, feel free to contact me by email at shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com and we can sort out a schedule for the Zoom chat! Really looking forward to doing this! 3y
Vansa @shawnmooney I've accepted on Goodreads, and mailed you! 3y
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ElleMNOpe
Island | Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen
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Panpan

I really wanted to like this. It started off promising. Great atmosphere, wonderful descriptions, & a story I was interested in. Things progressed well for the first 2/3, presenting snippets of family history. Unfortunately, it wound up feeling like short vignettes with no real purpose. There wasn't a thoughtful ending, things just sort of dropped off. The writing was good & lyrical, but the construction of the narrative was less than I expected.