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Simply amazing. Looking forward to reading the other novels John Ironmonger has written so far.

Thoroughly recommended, read it!

Literature Lady

Recensito in Italia il 26 giugno 2022

This book will make you sit up and think, especially in the light of the pandemic we have recently been through and are not finished with yet! Human nature is explored, and we are forced to face the question of how we would react in case of the collapse of our society. Would we think only of ourselves, or would we be trying to help each other? It's set in a Cornish village, where a young man washed ashore is believed to have been saved by a whale hanging around the bay. An enjoyable read, very thought provoking and moving, about human nature, capitalism and altruism in the face of adversity. Highly recommended!

Un libro che è la fine del mondo

Anna G.

Recensito in Italia il 11 aprile 2022

Una storia che ha il sapore della favola ma con personaggi moderni. Una possibile fine del mondo che incombe e che da tutti viene rifiutata anche solo come idea. Un villaggio in un angolo sperduto del mondo dove il tempo sembra essersi fermato. Una balena capace di salvare un'intera comunità. La paura come spinta ad essere migliori e non peggiori. La capacità dell'autore di saper narrare temi molto tecnici e ostici con la scorrevolezza e piacevolezza della favola. Da non perdere!

A book to read again and again

S. Mallia

Recensito in Italia il 20 marzo 2022

This is a wonderful book, a pleasure to read, and so well written. I read it with a sense of foreboding as it narrates a situation so real and up to date with our own at this time. The chararacters were very well drawn and believable. I didn't want to put it down and couldn't wait to see how the story unfolds.

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Love it

Recensito in Canada il 4 settembre 2021

I didn't know what to expect as it is slightly "other worldly" but my cousin recommended it and I really enjoyed it. The investment background, the flu - written 6 years ago, the community - so well written.
Excellent!

CS

A Lovely, Heartwarming Story That Will Not Be Forgotten

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 23 novembre 2019

”In the village of St. Piran they still speak of the day when the naked man washed up on Piran Sands. It was the same day Kenny Kennet saw the whale. Some say it was a Wednesday. Others seem sure it was Thursday. It was early October. Unless it was late September; but almost half a century has passed since the events of that day, and the turmoil of the days and weeks that followed, and no one, at that time or since, thought to write it all down. So memory is all we have, fragile though this may be.”

And with that, I was swept away, along with the people in this village with the story of Joe Haak and the whale, and the people who come to their rescue. First rescuing Joe, although the whale was primarily responsible for his rescue, and then the whale. The old African proverb - It takes a village to raise a child needs an addendum, a P.S., …or rescue a whale… An act that seems impossible, impossible even to contemplate, yet alone perform. But interdependence is one of those characteristics common among even the curmudgeonliest villages, and this small village of St. Piran is ready, willing, and mostly able to be a part of this historic event.

”It was Charity Cloke who saw him first. Just seventeen she was then, so fresh of complexion that her cheecks shone like clover honey.”

Still, there is so much more to this story than just Joe’s story or the whale’s story. The world has changed so much in the last fifty years, even more so in the last hundred years, and it would not take much to feel, or be, shut off from others and much of that comes from our reliance on technology that requires other technology to work. The day that I started reading this we hadn’t had power / electricity for almost two full days, which limited meals considerably, phone use, heat, etc. which added to that feeling of being shut off from the rest of the world, and how that affects different people in different ways.

At times this is endearing, amusing, upsetting, alarming, and personally shared, the innermost thoughts of this community, these people whose lives have been upended, and how this story begins to take on a life of its own, bonding some and dividing others. Separating the truth from myth adds another gossamer thin veil of mystery to this charming tale.

”…fragments of truth are often all we need to help us understand reality.”

tim jamieson

A must read

Recensito in Australia il 10 novembre 2022

Every now and then one stumbles across a real treasure and The whale at the end of the world is just that. Teenagers would love this just as much as their adult peers

The Honey Monster

A quick, easy enjoyable read

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 21 dicembre 2015

Well that was a different view of Armageddon and the Apocalypse - way more upbeat thank-you very much. I really enjoyed the story and the main characters - although I could have happily slapped the Vicar and his Mrs - but hey, that's just me. So read it for yourself folks. I enjoyed it and read it in double quick time as I didn't want to stop. I wanted to see what happened - which to me is the sign of a good book. It kept me interested AND - not forgetting the whale - interesting outcome for the Leviathan!!

Stefan Lehfeld

2020 schon 2015 gedacht

Recensito in Germania il 1 maggio 2022

Was 2019/2020 mit Corona Wirklichkeit wurde, hat John Ironmonger bereits 2015 beeindruckend genau erdacht. Viele seiner Ansätze, Ideen und Vorhersagen sind leider so oder ähnlich eingetroffen. Der Hauptcharakter ist glaubhaft angelegt, seine Entscheidungen nachvollziehbar, die Dialoge glaubhaft. Sehr zu empfehlen.

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