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Igation through his collection of moldering books But when a strange violent visitor turns up one night on the widow's walk Mercy and Mordecai are forced to flee the house and set sail on a journey that will bring them deep into the haunted history of the Rathbone familyInspired by The Odyssey and infused with beautifully detailed descriptions of the realities of coastal and ship life reminiscent of Moby Dick Janice Clark's magnificent debut is a spellbinding literary adventure I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads I really wanted to like it but I couldn t find anything to care about in the characters or the story The mix of history and fantasy just didn t work It seemed lifeless and contrived Having said that I know I m a minority opinion so it could be your cup of tea
REVIEW The Rathbones
Poils of the huntMercy fifteen years old is the diminutive scion of the Rathbone clan Her father the last in the dynasty of New England whalers has been lost at sea for seven years ever since the last sperm whale was seen off the coast of Naiwayonk Connecticut Mercy's memories of her father and of the time before he left grow dimmer each day and she spends most of her time in the attic hideaway of her reclusive Uncle Mordecai who teaches her the secrets of Greek history and nav 2 stars Meh Just okHave you ever ordered something from a restaurant and when the waiter sets down your dish you instantly knew they had served the wrong entree And then when you tell the surly waiter No I ordered XYZ they replied but that IS XYZ Yeah this book was like thatI was expecting historical fiction with a touch of magical realism and while those ingredients are present it also ended up being an incredibly creepy sometimes strange but most of the time boring bookand that s creepy in a pervish way not in a scary way One scene in particular was so repulsive that it completely threw me off guard I would expect something like that from a horror novel which I despite being an extremely eclectic reader almost always avoid but NOT from a historical fiction novel view spoilerThe scene was when the main character hides while watching her parents having sex sex that during which her mother dies and her father keeps having sex with her now dead mom If that s not disturbing enough when the father finally concludes his sexual escapade he instantly looks at the main character because he knew she was in the room the whole time hide spoiler
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A literary adventure set in New England Janice Clark's gothic debut chronicles one hundred years of a once prosperous seafaring dynastyMoses the revered patriarch of the Rathbone family possessed an otherworldly instinct for spotting the whale But years of bad decisions by the heirs to his fortune have whittled his formerly robust family down to just one surviving member a young girl left to live in the broken down ancestral mansion that at one time had glowed golden with the s This may have been the weirdest book I have ever read And I ve read a lot of really weird booksSome topics covered in this book whaling basic carpentry pickling techniues sperm whale anatomy inbreeding wife swapping kidnapping polygamyIt s just a multitude of creepiness yet I couldn t put it down It was completely surreal absolutely weird and at times than a bit icky and yet I really enjoyed it and was bummed that it stopped It follows the adventures of Mercy as she uncovers the secrets of her family the Rathbones in whaling and totally fictional New England And if you think your family has issues wow you never met the Rathbones They are like generational Jerry Springer episodes To start explaining the twistedness would be to lessen it s impact when you read it It s twisted Trust meAnd yet Mercy seems relatively normal compared to the twistedness that surrounds her And as a narrator she s sympathetic and you feel just like hugging her as she tries to make sense of who she is and where she comes from It s a great story and well told
This may have been the weirdest book I have ever read And I've read a lot of really weird booksSome topics covered in thi
So An interesting and incredibly juicy premise of a whaling family wholly populated by and due to incest an adventure that span multiple islands with old enigmatic people working at looms crazy old people filling their house with beauty because they themselves have none a Penelope like woman supposedly waiting for a husband that left 10 yea
From The Millions articleThe Rathbones by Janice Clark The Rathbones is the most sui generis debut you’re likely to encounter this year Think Moby Dick directed by David Lynch from a screenplay by Gabriel Garcia Maruezwith Charles Addams doing the set design and The Decembrists supplying the chanteys Initially the story of the last survivi
2 stars Meh Just okHave you ever ordered something from a restaurant and when the waiter sets down your dish you instantly
The night I finished reading The Rathbones I dreamed of water and ruin I woke up this morning and had to remind myself that
This is one of the best novels I've read in the past year it's part historical novel allegory fable family saga and fictional memoir It is Janic
Such a great read The Rathbone's is an unusual and uniue tale It was like reading a classic it has a courageous heroine named Mercy a coming of age whaling dynasty heiress amid gorgeous language of ships and sea; descriptions so engaging and naturally vivid I was surprised to not find sea mist and fog and crows out my win
In its basic concepts the book comes down to a story about the Rathbones a whaling family their wives and descendants It c
I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads I really wanted to like it but I couldn't find anything to care about in the characters or the story The mix of history and fantasy just didn't work It seemed lifeless and contrived Having said that I know I'm a minority opinion so it could be your cup of tea
After completing this book I felt I had just stepped off that Mr Toad ride at Disneyland Funky and freaky Gothic and nautical Suirmy and psychedelic Hit me with your rhythm stickUsing the travels of Odysseus as her broomstick Janice Clark has created a gothic seaboard world of dubious ancestral ties and longings not fully understood by the story's young heroine Saltwater may just as well be swishing on the pa