Reviews

The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts

gentlyglowing's review

informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

coralcrab77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

There were some minor editing issues that I noticed. 
But for a debut novel, I thought it was beautiful and well-written. I saw parts of myself in the narrator. 
I have recently found that I love character-driven stream-of-consciousness writing, but I know it's not for everyone.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, and Medical trauma

Minor: Domestic abuse

amyf's review against another edition

Bleak, depressing & has typos

cobydillon14's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

cami19's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

chiara_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

israology's review against another edition

3.0

2.75

kassabitte's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this despite it's darker themes and bleak overall outlook. Beautiful prose, and an interesting character despite how passive she was the whole way through.

kellykat39's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

juniperbranches's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Young literary woman slowly goes insane while working answering emergency calls in Australia. I found the actual action of the story to be slow and at times predictable but the sheer beauty of the writing made it worthwhile.