DARK WATER

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An important piece of Arent's past, the lore of a demon named Old Tom, plays a large role in this story. Some say Old Tom is aboard the ship; that he's the cause of all the problems. The mystery that Turton has crafted is smart and extensively complex. It has numerous moving pieces and parts, and as I mentioned above, there are many players involved with contradictory motives. In the hands of a lesser writer, such a long list of characters would result in readers’ minds being messily boggled. But Turton does an amazing job of gradually adding the characters into the narrative, one by one, and giving each individual a distinctly memorable personality. Character confusion is really very minimal. (Plus, there’s a handy dandy Passenger and Crew Manifest in the front of the novel to aid the reader if names become jumbled.)

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Sammy Pipps isn’t simply clever,’ argued Arent. ‘He can lift up the edges of the world and peek beneath. He has a gift I’ll never understand. Believe me, I’ve tried.’" The tone of this novel, the is it supernatural, is it not-feel of it all was masterfully done. Additionally, the use of Arent and Sara as an amateur sleuthing team was incredibly executed. Thank you so much to the publisher, SourceBooks Landmark, for providing me with a copy of this to read and review. This was by far, one of my most anticipated reads of the year, so I certainly appreciate it.And with it, Stuart Turton has hit the ball clear out of the park, inarguably proving to the literary world that a one-hit wonder, he is not. As a follow-up to his bestselling 2018 debut, The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, his sophomore effort is an absolute stunner. In 1634, world renowned detective Sammy Pipps is set to board the Sardaam, a ship transporting nobles to Amsterdam--and him to his to execution. Sammy’s best friend and bodyguard Arent Hayes is determined to prove him innocent, but that becomes difficult considering neither man knows what Sammy is being accused of. There was without doubt some pulse pounding moments and the cold shiver of fear ran down my spine on more than one occasion. “The Devil and the Dark Water” reminded me why I love reading historical fiction and it’s a book I will return to again and again to read, it was that good. A complex plot filled with trepidation, excellently thought out and executed, which was fully explained and recounted towards the end. This enabled any questions you may have had to be completely answered and with an opening for a possible second in the series, I’m hoping there’ll be more from Sammy, Arent and company.

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This didn't quite tip over into a 5-star book for me because in places it feels a bit too long and could have been tautened up. Also, as C21st readers we're less innocent than the C19th characters and so the central revelations were unsurprising to me, slightly anti-climactic. I'm amazed at our conspiracy of silence about it - that we are all hungry, naked, heading towards a death we can't avoid. We are all at sea, sailing over dark waters. Not one of us is safe.No one is spared in this cycle of eating and being eaten: Adam Thornton had probably "eaten" many others in his business, and he in turn had been "eaten" by friends and associates. Dr Mansfield "ate" Adam Thornton and Ezra Todd and all the rest, and he was, of course, "eaten" by Hiram at last. Fitzgibbon - I think his was the most ironic case: he used to be the strongest on the ship, perpetually eating and feasting, but in that dinghy he wasn't strong enough. He wanted to be eaten. And "eaten" he was indeed - perishing soon after his rescue, becoming an ignominious footnote to Borden's heroic tale. From there it’s but a brief step to imagery of a religious, theological, dare I say ‘sacramental’ nature. Suffice it to mention, without revealing too much, that certain key episodes in the plot are imbued with ritualistic significance, although it’s not clear whether Lowry’s intention is merely to harness the power of religious associations or to present us with a grotesque parody of holy ceremonies. For me, “Dark Water” worked brilliantly enough as a dark historical novel with psychological undercurrents. This ‘mythical’ element was hardly necessary. But I’m just as sure that others will find that it is precisely this added layer of meaning which gives this novel the edge over other neo-Victorian novels. Anyone with even a passing interest in the Gothic should read this. All in all, this is a book I really enjoyed and, although I found the ending disappointing, I would read more from this author. With this story? I didn’t. Instead, I felt completely immersed each time I opened a chapter and resumed reading.

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However, while the modern influences were a bit jarring I did appreciate the addition of a little feminism and subversion of women's roles. Borden. The Hero of the Providence. A legend among sailors, his presence hypnotizes Carver, even before he hears the man's story. Years before, Borden saved several men from mutiny and led them in a dinghy across the Pacific to safety. The actual story itself is reasonably sound and interesting. Hiram Carver seems at face value to be a young & inexperienced Doctor and very amiable. However as the book goes on we find there is much more to him than meets the eye. He can be very devious and manipulative and not beyond allowing others to take the rap for his errors. William Bordon is a complex character as are his relationships with Carver, his fiance, the cabin boy and the people around him. Eating. Everyone and everything is eating. The strong eat the weak. The weak eat the strong and become strong. Humans eat animals. Humans in a business suit eat humans in rags. Humans who refuse to eat are thrown into the "madhouse." Humans who are willing to eat can also be thrown into the madhouse, for they are weak. And the weak become sacrifices whenever sacrifices are demanded by the strong. What has made writer Elizabeth Lowry take on the challenge of writing this book? The settings of the sea, a ship and an asylum may not attract the crowds. Further more this historical novel does not deal with either WW 1 or WW 2 – the popular periods for historical novels. And then there is the cannibalism – that will turn some readers away.Dark Water, Burning World is a new book by the Syrian-born artist Issam Kourbaj to mark the 12th anniversary of the Syrian uprising.

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I think the sections of the story that took place on the Orbis, during the early stages of the book, were some of my favourite. I was swept in by the visceral descriptions and happenings onboard – as if I, too, were on a nine-month voyage with the men of that ship. Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan and Nathaniel Rich Based on the New York Times Magazine article "The Lawyer who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare by Nathaniel RichKiesewetter, John (13 January 2020). "No Oscar Nominations For Cincinnati's 'Dark Waters' ". www.wvxu.org . Retrieved 2021-06-12. The Governor-General, Jan Haan, is present. He is a wealthy, powerful, and cruel man who seems to be more in control of the ship than its captain. He intimidates and beats his wife, noblewoman Sara. She is a determined woman with a mind of her own who has been suppressed by the lowly role of women in the 17th century. Her daughter, Lia, has been taught to keep her high intelligence secret so as not to insult the men who do not believe women should think for themselves. Sara's husband's mistress, Creesjie is also present. She is a sexy former prostitute and later a courtesan. Sara becomes friends with the cheerful Ceesjie and also with Arent. Sara teams up with Arent due to her curiosity about some frightening sightings and mysterious deaths and to feel independent from her stifling husband. After reading 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle...I am prepared to be just blown away by Turton's second book...and the verdict is....it was good. Themes of hunger, physical and spiritual, recur in this story and the writing is often lovely. Not an easy read, but an interesting one. No happy end to the story and I felt for the female characters who were so constrained in what they could hope for from life. In every life, I now believe, there is one event that is the wellspring of fundamental agony and decision in us. It lies beneath the sunlit layers of the present moment, throwing its shade across the foundations of our being, forming the self to come. If grasped and brought to the surface, it can save us or destroy us.”