A review by rjratliff
The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts

2.0

This book was truly, beautifully written, but the thematic elements never really came together in a way that I could recognize? Climate change, relationship trauma, some amount of family and island history, a "life is hard and then you die," kind of feeling, it never felt quite cohesive to me.
Finishing this was a slog. I had to drag myself to the last page.
Again, worth stating, I didn't ditch it because Madeleine Watts' writing is painfully gorgeous. Sylvia Plath vibes.