http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2009%2F03%2F02%2Freview-the-island-at-the-end-of-the-world-by-sam-taylor-faber%2F&seed_title=Review%3A+The+Island+at+the+End+of+the+World+by+Sam+Taylor+%28Faber%29 Reading Science Fiction, Fantasy and Crime Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2009%2F03%2F02%2Freview-the-island-at-the-end-of-the-world-by-sam-taylor-faber%2F&seed_title=Review%3A+The+Island+at+the+End+of+the+World+by+Sam+Taylor+%28Faber%29/comment-page-1/#comment-688 NextRead » Comment: Year in Review – Half Way Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:13:37 +0000 http://nextread.co.uk/?p=1354#comment-688 [...] The Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor (Faber) Not everything works however – part does come from my problems with Pa. It’s hard to read a story with a dominating unsympathetic main character. My other problem comes from the way in which Taylor chooses to erode the Island. It isn’t quite believable even with the fable-like quality to the storytelling. Taylor allows too much reality to creep making some of The Island at the End of the World implausible. [...] [...] The Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor (Faber) Not everything works however – part does come from my problems with Pa. It’s hard to read a story with a dominating unsympathetic main character. My other problem comes from the way in which Taylor chooses to erode the Island. It isn’t quite believable even with the fable-like quality to the storytelling. Taylor allows too much reality to creep making some of The Island at the End of the World implausible. [...]

]]> http://nextread.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fnextread.co.uk%2F2009%2F03%2F02%2Freview-the-island-at-the-end-of-the-world-by-sam-taylor-faber%2F&seed_title=Review%3A+The+Island+at+the+End+of+the+World+by+Sam+Taylor+%28Faber%29/comment-page-1/#comment-687 jem Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:39:03 +0000 http://nextread.co.uk/?p=1354#comment-687 Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I might still give it a go despite its flaws - I think I felt Taylor's other book was good but had weak points. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I might still give it a go despite its flaws – I think I felt Taylor's other book was good but had weak points.

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