" I think that's enough Nevil Shute for me. This book was a good story, considering I don't know anything about (nor care to learn anything about) sailing, model making/engineering, or the lumber industry. And I actually find those things boring. So bravo, Nevil Shute, for getting me interested in a story that had pretty much no way in for me. Except maybe the idea that people who love what they do can be satisfied with a small life and the chance to keep doing what they love. Or that you don't know the effects you're having on people, and being kind can result in kindness done to you in circumspect, unpredictable ways. So be good at what you do, and share that with others. I can get behind that. But still no real likeable women characters. They sometimes get to drive the plot forward, but mostly not. They're helpless or funny or tragic, but always a sideline. Sigh. "
— Miriam, 2/9/2014