The Shadow Man
Book
He collects his victims. But he doesn’t keep them safe. Elspeth, Meggy and Xavier are locked in...
The Caligula Effect: Overdose
Video Game
Mobius. An idyllic world that exists for the sake of letting people forget about the pain and...
In a Corner, Darkly: Volume 2
Book
Volume 2 of In a Corner, Darkly, elevates the suspense and adds a swath of horror throughout. ...
Dragon's Bait
Book
Fifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn't matter--the villagers think she is and have...
dragons revenge
Unwelcome (2023)
Movie
A couple escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland, only to hear stories of...
ClareR (5691 KP) rated Doggerland in Books
May 3, 2019
This has been compared to The Road and Waiting For Godot, and I’d agree with both of these. There is an overwhelming feeling of being trapped, even though they are out at sea and can see for miles, and this brought Huis Clos by Jean Paul Sartre to mind for me. Two men, trapped for what feels like eternity in the same place, with no hope of escape.
It’s a climate change story as well. It tells of the power of the sea and water, and how it will reclaim everything. This makes the story all the more futile. What’s the point if it’s all for nothing anyway?
I liked this book - I would say that it wasn’t a book I loved, but at the same time, it was a book that I didn’t want to put down. It’s a pretty bleak story, but compelling all the same.
Plague Year (Plague, #1)
Book
The nanotechnology was designed to fight cancer. Instead, it evolved into the Machine Plague,...
Truckers (Bromeliad Trilogy, #1)
Book
'Outside! What's it like?' Masklin looked blank. 'Well,' he said. 'It's sort of big -' To the...
Shackleton's Boat: The Story of the James Caird: 2015
Harding McGregor Dunnett and Alexandra Shackleton
Book
The James Caird is an unlikely hero, a 23-foot lifeboat that completed the most desperate and...
The Buddha of Suburbia
Book
Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the...