What made it even harder to read was how real it felt, I often got so caught up in the story that I was sure that Helena was real and that I was, in fact, reading a true crime book. The Marsh King’s Daughter is sometimes upsetting and hard to read, the brutality that her father displayed is extreme. The journey took Helena from a young child, totally unaware of the circumstances of her existence and the world beyond the marsh that she lives in with her mother and father, who she totally idolises as he teaches her how to survive in the wild, to track and hunt animals, and, perhaps most importantly, to disrespect her mother.īut as Helena grows up she can’t help but see flaws in her father, and she begins to see that maybe her mother is stronger than she ever imagined. I really liked that the story was told from Helena’s point of view, going from when she was really young all the way up to an adult and a parent herself. There’s always a risk when that happens that the book will let you down, so with slight trepidation, and without knowing anything about the story, I started to read.Īnd boy, what a read it was! I thought that the Marsh King’s Daughter was an incredibly written book, the amount of research that the author must have put into the story is mindblowing. I’d heard quite a lot about The Marsh King’s Daughter before reading it, all of it good. It’s also being made into a movie which is really very exciting! My Review: I’m editing this review to say that the book has had a name change, it is now called Home in the UK.
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne.
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