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John Boyne is a master at writing emotion. This book is short but says a lot. Looking at the roles of men and women, abuse, suicide, small town ideologies, and religion, this book crams a lot into its pages but is never preachy. It would make a fantastic book club pick. I love the idea of his Elements series and will definitely be getting the next one.

A wonderful book. @CBee You‘d like this one…main character is quite the damaged one. Thanks @TrishB as I think it was your post that made me read this.

A short book. Such a great story teller. Follows one character. I believe there are 2 more books to come . In the next one Earth we follow the life of one of the characters mentioned in this book. Clever. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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A short book that packs a powerful little story. I‘ll look forward to the next one.

This author is an auto buy for me. So excited to dive in. Pun intended. 🤿🏊🏻‍♀️🏄🏻‍♀️

Always great to read the latest Boyne. Can‘t wait for the next three elements. Boyne tackles the issues in life that hurts us the most, but in a way that you really want to read about them. The short book is so much more than just story. Boyne truly is one of the greatest storytellers ever. ❤️

Bought myself an early birthday present!

My friend and I met the wonderful author John Boyne last night at his book 📖 launch 🚀 tour , what a lovely man he‘s my favourite living male author , really enjoyed his talk and chatting to him afterwards and so so nice to be in a room of like minded people ☺️happy Friday fellow book 📚 lovers 🥰

As ever, another enthralling read from John Boyne, tackling a very dark subject.

It‘s only a short read and, whilst this means it packs a heavy punch, I do wish there had been space to explore some areas a bit further.

Willow Hale arrives on a tiny Irish island from Dublin, having changed her name. What is she hiding from and can she really ever escape?

#netgalley #water

Published in the UK 2nd Nov.

For the lucky ones that can get this one on NG, go request it! 🥰🥰🥰