YA Lit / Fantasy
I gave this 5 stars on Goodreads.
I
listened to this audiobook on a recent road trip and was immediately swept up
in the beautiful and engaging story. The narrator was perfectly suited
with a voice that absolutely connected me to the events. The ONLY negative
comment I can make is that in listening, I had a hard time with the tribal
names of people and places. As such, I cannot tell you the names of the
main characters, their tribal name, their ancestors names, or even the main
town central to the story.
It
doesn't matter. The story is sweeping and wonderful, with rich, deep characters
with whom the reader becomes acquainted. The writing is so good that it
is painful . . . painful to be a fly on the wall and not able to shake the
grandfather by the shoulders. Painful to be the little girl who aches for his
love. Painful to be the whale, yearning for its connection to the ancients.
But
the story isn't all about pain. It's about respect, patience, love, compassion,
family, and relationships between man and nature and the past and the present.
The
story reminds us that anyone can be a leader and that narrow thinking can
have dire consequences. It is a genuinely moving story that will stay
with me a long time.
This
is gets a Super Clean rating on my clean-o-meter. There is no obscene
language, drug use or references, sexual depictions or sexual references;
however, there is a fairly graphic depiction of what happens when a large group
of whales beaches itself and the humans behave badly, like some humans do.
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