WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy

WILD DARK SHORE
Charlotte McConaghy

A woman’s body washes ashore. A family torn by grief happens upon her. They bring her home to help her recover. She is in bad shape and will need a lot of love and tender care to make it through.

Climate change is upon us and everything that is not ablaze will be soon. Everything alive now will be eradicated. Species are going extinct,

It has been years since I’ve seen a snail.

Two stories.

I am on outlier island, again.

The Good:
The atmosphere was palpable and reminded me of Jane Harper’s books.
The narration

The Bad:
This might be a case of missing it or it going over my head. However, I did not find a connection between the commentary and the mystery. It felt like two books in one.

WILD DARK SHORE in scope is as big as the world is. If this was a debut, I would say they were trying to squeeze too much into this one book. There is a mystery and a ribbon of commentary. The commentary could’ve been its own book. I was left wondering what its purpose was.

There is a difference between enjoying the audiobook and enjoying the material. As is with a few other duet and full-cast narrated audiobooks that got rave reviews recently, (THE FAVORITES (⭐⭐⭐) (LIGHTS OUT (DNF) (FOURTH WING SERIES (DNF) I have had to separate the audiobook presentation from the material.

Someone reading the physical or ebook copy is not going to have the same experience, and I think it has to do with the emotionality of the full cast experience.

You’re going to see five-star reviews everywhere so take this review with a grain of salt. It is lonely on outlier island.

Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy!

WILD DARK SHORE…⭐⭐⭐