Loooove The Safekeep! I'm also happy a Dutch-speaking author won :)
I finished Glorious Tuga yesterday and I thought it was a nice summery read, but it could have been so much more. The main character goes there for a year to study tortoises, but her actually working with the tortoises is only mentioned once (and used more as a reason to make her spend time with another character). I may have been watching too much David Attenborough recently but I was hoping the book would be more about her learning from the Tugans how their island works, and working with them on the importance of the tortoises and conservation etc. I wanted to know her findings after an entire year of research! I felt like this was used as the setup and selling point of the book and then that plot was almost dropped completely. Instead we got this love triangle that I could not care less about and so many random things that were set up like the start of a plot line and then were never mentioned again. I guess it makes sense that not everything was tied up as it's a series, but I didn't know that when I read it so I was just left feeling frustrated :')
Gunk and The Dream Hotel are definitely on my list to read next!
Thank you for review. I loved the Safekeep and reviewed it in April hoping it would win at least one prize this year. Yes it will be interesting to see what she produces next.
Oooh pleased to see Francesca Segal here- I was going to take the first in the trilogy on holiday so I feel like you've given this the seal of approval!
Loooove The Safekeep! I'm also happy a Dutch-speaking author won :)
I finished Glorious Tuga yesterday and I thought it was a nice summery read, but it could have been so much more. The main character goes there for a year to study tortoises, but her actually working with the tortoises is only mentioned once (and used more as a reason to make her spend time with another character). I may have been watching too much David Attenborough recently but I was hoping the book would be more about her learning from the Tugans how their island works, and working with them on the importance of the tortoises and conservation etc. I wanted to know her findings after an entire year of research! I felt like this was used as the setup and selling point of the book and then that plot was almost dropped completely. Instead we got this love triangle that I could not care less about and so many random things that were set up like the start of a plot line and then were never mentioned again. I guess it makes sense that not everything was tied up as it's a series, but I didn't know that when I read it so I was just left feeling frustrated :')
Gunk and The Dream Hotel are definitely on my list to read next!
Thank you for review. I loved the Safekeep and reviewed it in April hoping it would win at least one prize this year. Yes it will be interesting to see what she produces next.
I adored The Safekeep 💘
Oooh pleased to see Francesca Segal here- I was going to take the first in the trilogy on holiday so I feel like you've given this the seal of approval!
I loved them both so much!!! Eagerly awaiting the third one!
This is great to know! I picked it up yesterday
I started The Safekeep yesterday! It is a fascinating novel! I’ve lived in the Netherlands and it is all so familiar!