Bleaker House - Nell Stevens

⭐ 6.5/10

(Originally written by Magdalene)

This is kind of like a travel memoir, as the author gets a paid fellowship to go anywhere in the world to write a novel, and she picks a small, uninhabited island that's part of the Falkland Islands. I'm always intrigued by empty, remote places, and I've wondered about this small group of islands close to Antarctica before.

I really liked the description of the places she saw and stayed at, and the effect complete isolation can have on someone. But it was disjointed, as she spends a lot of time describing trying to write a novel that never got finished, plus a few of her short stories were included. I didn't get the point of them and tbh, I just skipped them once I realized they were just interrupting the narrative. Some sections were great, but overall mediocre.