The Fell
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At dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of a two week quarantine period, but she just can't take it anymore - the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know. But Kate's neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate's son, soon realizes she's missing. And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk - a breath of open air - falls and badly injures herself. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain rescue operation . . . Unbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, The Fell asks probing questions about the place the world has become since March 2020, and the place it was before. Sarah Moss's novel is a story about compassion and kindness and what we must do to survive, and it will move you to tears. 'One of the best writers at work in Britain today' Fiona Mozley, author of Elmet 'One of our very best contemporary novelists' Independent 'Moss is the most brilliant writer. She deserves to win all the prizes' Joanna Trollope 'Moss's star is firmly in the ascendant' Guardian
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2.5 rounded up.
I think writing was a great resource to try and explain the desperation and hopelessness and anger that consumed so many of us during the beginning of COVID-19. How so many of us were left behind and faced with our countries injustices to stop the spread, futile attempts in the end trying to save lives.
This book centers on just a small cast affected by COVID and how they deal with it. Selfishness and sacrifices made being the focal point for the characters in this novel.
I just wished it was a little more honest, a little more raw. The writing style and overall structure of the book disconnects us in a way that in the end didn't quite bring the anger and more of an apathetic tone to how our lives changed by COVID.
disclaimer I am aware that it is not the goal of the author or book to provide me exactly what I would've done or preferred for a covid-centric novel, but in my opinion it became a missed opportunity.
