Review: The Night Ocean

The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a novel that is enigmatic mystery wrapped in historical and honest prose. Marina is never quite able to catch up and as a reader you're cheering for her while simultaneously trying to stay steps ahead of Lovecraft or Barlow. There is a love story seeped in want and need that is always teetering at the edge of unrequited satisfaction. Characters searching for truth and answers, though it is sometimes indistinguishable as to what is actually true and what is an interpretation of the truth. There are a few slow parts but they are few and far between. I cannot express passionately enough what a breathtaking whirlwind this novel is and just how truly fantastic it is. The Night Ocean gives you so much and asks for nothing in return except to be read and read again.

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