Master of the Sea (Paperback)

from sempereformata

As with other Magic Realism books, briefly describing the plot line in this work can be difficult. But in the end it goes something like this: The protagonist fornicates. Then he goes to sea and experiences dream-like encounters with the supernatural and surreal, overcoming any fear and gaining a...

from blakefraina

This was the first book I received as a LibraryThing Early Reviewer. I am very selective when I make requests for books and thought that this one would fall in line with the Allende and Garcia Marquez novels I read back in my college days. Unfortunately, this fell way short of the beauty and powe...

from RisingTide65

Yes, Master of the Sea is a snoozer. There were a couple story lines that I found interesting, which actually had more to do with the female characters, but all in all it was a tiresome read. The last hundred pages took me forever to get through. I really did fall asleep several nights in a row b...

from taleswapper

Reading this book was a little like drifting in and out of sleep while swaying in a hammock. It is a book full of such pacing: close your eyes for just a moment and we've jumped forward or backward. We'll watch that scene for a moment and then slowly blink to find ourselves in another wee tale. F...

from DieFledermaus

I found this book interesting but not involving. The prose style was somewhat stilted and clichéd, and the plot at times proved repetitive and aimless. Characters were either poorly delineated or defined by a single trait. However, Sarney develops Cristório's relationship to the sea well and exam...