C. B. Bernard
Auteur van Chasing Alaska: A Portrait of the Last Frontier Then and Now
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C. B. Bernard, winner of several Alaska Press Club awards, has written extensively for Alaskan Southeaster, Pacific Fishing, Professional Mariner, and Gray's Sporting Journal. He lives with his wife, Kim, in Portland, Oregon. Visit him at cbbernard.com.
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- 42
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- 3.6
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This book is a gritty meditation on the difficulties of defeating childhood trauma. Former boxer and current fishing guide Lewis Yaw is stuck reliving the worst parts of his past while both dreaming and awake, and is unable to focus on his family. As his daughter Grayling grows up to become his apprentice, and proves herself to be as fiercely independent as her father, Lewis spirals within a murky cage of memories, afraid to see history repeat itself.
This is a book where a lot of action occurs, but becomes meaningless because it also feels like nothing happens. In my opinion, the plot was too predictable. The target audience of this book is obviously male, but I don’t know if it will find that audience ready and willing to read this book, because it’s such a slow burn. It is a bloody and brutal book, but it lacks a fulfilling ending or morals learned. I thought the female characters were poorly written, more fantasy than fully fleshed-out characters. The themes are dark and dreary, and like the name of the town this book is appropriately set in, I felt a lot of Disappointment. The characters are unlikable, the settings feel weak, and the author’s constant use of confusingly obscure and nonsensical similes/metaphors was frustrating. I was extremely unimpressed, and thought that the cover was the best part of the book.… (meer)