My original review from 2013:
A 40+yr old man returns to his hometown after many years away for a funeral and finds himself walking down memory lane. Down a lane with the ocean at the end of it and memories long since repressed and forgotten about things that sound impossible but aren't really. About monsters and madness, oceans and other worlds, love and loss. For a while, he leaves the outside world behind and remembers it all.
This is such a quiet book that you don't even realize how much time has gone by until something suddenly snaps you back into reality and you look down to see how much of the book you have read except you haven't read it, you have been swallowed by it mind and soul. You can't wait to steal a few more minutes to dive into it again only to find yourself emerging an hour later. Not a long read by any means but I found myself reading it slowly to savor it. It doesn't want to be rushed but rather wants to quietly unfurl and draw you in...and you want to let it.
Page count: 259p/3,643p ytd/278,118p lifetime
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