The Water Cure: A Novel
Written by Sophie Mackintosh
Narrated by Hannah Murray, Gemma Whelan and Morfydd Clark
3.5/5
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A dystopic feminist revenge fantasy about three sisters on an isolated island, raised to fear men
King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. He has lain the barbed wire; he has anchored the buoys in the water; he has marked out a clear message: Do not enter. Or viewed from another angle: Not safe to leave. Here women are protected from the chaos and violence of men on the mainland. The cult-like rituals and therapies they endure fortify them from the spreading toxicity of a degrading world.
But when their father, the only man they've ever seen, disappears, they retreat further inward until the day two men and a boy wash ashore. Over the span of one blistering hot week, a psychological cat-and-mouse game plays out. Sexual tensions and sibling rivalries flare as the sisters confront the amorphous threat the strangers represent. Can they survive the men?
A haunting, riveting debut about the capacity for violence and the potency of female desire, The Water Cure both devastates and astonishes as it reflects our own world back at us.
Sophie Mackintosh
Sophie Mackintosh is the author of Blue Ticket and The Water Cure, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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Reviews for The Water Cure
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not a story for everyone. It did keep me interested enough to listen to it whole. But in general i am a bit dissapointed. It is what it is i guess...
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I really found it pretty hard to connect to these characters, their struggles and who they are. It all felt very ambient like a story without a core.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a book that just happened to pop up as a recommendation. Since I was in a ‘ book hole’ I clicked. I listened to the book without looking at the summary or reviews so I went into it with no expectations. I kept wondering where the story was going. It kept me intrigued enough to listen to the end and left me wanting more. What awaited the girls? This answer to this is question would make a great sequel. The production and narration were very well done.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There is a lot here to process. This is perfect for a book discussion and would love to have a conversation of the book's themes in a group of women and men. Addresses issue of toxic masculinity, human nature, family, and whether love between men and women can be pure in motive.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Terrible book! Don’t waste your time! I kept reading just to see if something would finally make sense, but the it just ends.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I found it weird ,dark and depressing.. not for me..
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