Haven

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Emma Donoghue, who excels in making our hearts race with tense stories set in confined spaces, whether it's a small, locked shed with no windows and no escape, a maternity ward in the middle of a pandemic, or a remote island with no fresh water and no shelter from the elements, subverts the historical fiction paradigm.

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Haven by Emma Donoghue | Waterstones

I connected with the characters initially, but quickly got disconnected as I didn’t find them well-developed.

Should monks be as humble as slaves, even when their own survival is severely threatened and every core of their being cries out against what is being demanded? Artt quickly selects Cormac, “a hunched fellow” with bad eyesight who never tires of telling stories, and Trian, a shy daydreamer who was handed over to the monastery at the age of 13.