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Aug 28, 2013bkilfoy rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I’m still not sure how I feel about this book. The main narrative itself is riveting in the way that most survival narratives are. Having a sense of where the narrative is going from beginning provides a slow sense of dread as Grace describes the days she spent in the lifeboat. But although she is the narrator of the novel and as a reader I experienced the entire story from her perspective, I never truly developed a sense of who Grace was. Is she as wilting and needy as she projects and often describes herself as or is she the strong woman who survives the deprivations of being stranded at sea while other characters die around her. In the end, I’m not sure Grace herself knows. An intriguing read but not one that rocked my world (or my boat).