The Last True Poets of the Sea
Ratings11
Average rating4.3
This is one of those books that will have a Forever under my skin. I don't know how else to explain it except to say that I wish I could read it for the first time again, and then, perhaps, with a quote because I adore the imagery:
“A thousand prisms. I imagined sunlight piercing a glass chest full of cut crystals, the light turning to Technicolor fractals as it passed through jewels.”
I think I was destined to read this. It's got everything - an overly poetic title (titles make up about 60% of my decision to read a book), mental illness, gays, the beach but cold and rocky. The Last True Poets of the Sea perfectly fills the niche that [b:Moominpappa at Sea 79551 Moominpappa at Sea (The Moomins, #8) Tove Jansson https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386924188l/79551.SY75.jpg 76814] carved out in me when I was in second grade. 11/10, can't wait to reread.