I'm afraid I found this* rather tedious and stodgy. It was less about the 'boy from the sea' (baby abandoned on a beach, then taken in by husband and wife, Ambrose and Christine, and son Brendan…see About the Book below) and more about the hardships of the fishing industry: something I'm perfectly aware of but didn't particularly want to read about.
The characters are rather wooden and one-dimensional. I felt nothing for any of them. There are long, long, rambling passages without a paragraph break or dialogue, all the harder to read because of a distinct lack of correct punctuation. The 'narrator' was unusually, 'we', i.e., the residents of the community, where the story is set.
The ending was inconclusive and left me with questions. I always finish a book, no matter what, but this was very hard-going.
*Provided by NetGalley
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