The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

2013 • 304 pages

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This book is written in such an amazing way. It really brings that sense of being a child and seeing the world through those eyes. The feeling of being in this massive world but only being able to understand it from your limited perspective. I still wonder whether all those things actually happened or they were just the boy's was of dealing with everything that happened to him.

It feels like a fairy tale but with very adult themes. It really goes a long way to display the casual cruelty of the adult world and the purity of childhood. All told through these fantastic and mystical events. I have no better way of saying it. But I loved it.

November 15, 2021