River Meets the Sea: A Novel | 
panA disappointing & over-written Canadian novel with two timelines. One, the river, about Ronny, an orphan making his way on the streets of 1940s Vancouver. Two, the sea, about Chandra, a son of Sri Lankan immigrants growing up in 1980s Nanaimo. Both boys are trying to figure out how to become men in limited circumstances.There's promise here but the writing (too flowery x 1000) & the vague relationship between timelines weaken it. It needed a 👇
merelybookish a good editor! Moorthy has talent and I feel bad panning it. But it was a slog to get through. #netgalley 2y