“The dead can’t hurt you, Gil. It’s the living you need to watch out for.” 📘 The Night Ship ✒️ Jess Kidd 🐢🐢🐢🐢 I read a history book on Batavia a few years ago so I knew the horrific things that went on then. I was curious though with the last line of the book description, “two children, hundreds of years apart, whose destinies are inextricably bound together.” This seems like a timeslip sort of read to me which is a favourite of mine. Of course, then, there are 2 perspectives: Mayken in 1629 as a passenger of Batavia and Gil in 1989 as boy coming to live with his grandfather on Beacon Island. Neither fit their expected moulds and seek to express their individualism which attracted scorn and more. There wasn’t actually a huge link between them but what there was keeps making me think that there was going to be more. Sitting back after the read, however, I thought what there was was rather sweet in its poignancy and nothing more is needed. The Night Ship is a story of grief and courage; the depravity of people and also the loving side of human nature. It’s all bound up together is a messy knot but you just can’t give up hope. A terribly riveting read as I could truly imagine myself being tossed about by the waves on a ship made of wood and all kinds of horrible smells abound. I was completely mesmerised by the characters and very much under their spells as I just needed to know what happens to them at the end. Thank you @penguinbooksaus for this paperback copy of book in exchange of my honest thought AD-PR PRODUCT #TheNightShip #JessKidd #historicalfiction #batavia #Aussiereads #AussieAuthors #australianwomenauthors #ausbookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg6MScAL-Lx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
