The Claim

What an excellent novel. You know it is good, when you continue to think about it after you have put it down. When the events haunt your waking hours and make you think about the characters again and again. Basic plot. Evan works a hard job on the power lines, fixing faults in all weathers. His reward......more

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I really, really struggled with this book. From the start I found that it had some really odd moments and the way it talks about female characters really put me off at points. But, that being said, I had to finish it just to find out w......more

The Claim, a novel set in the wild landscape of New Zealand’s South Island west coast, tells the story of the relationship between Evan, a part time gold prospector, and Addie, the young woman he finds near death close to his claim. While that is the bare bones of the novel, the author has crafted t......more

Originally published here: [URL not allowed] The entirety of The Claim plays out over one summer. With this and the softness of the author’s writing style, it reminded me somewhat of The Notebook. Except The Claim is a very different type of book. For one, it is certainly not t......more

What happens to us when we think something is too good to be true, but we go along with it anyway because we relish the fantasy of the lie? In a way, this is the premise of this tale about part- time gold prospector Evan Cadwaller and Addie. It's well told, with almost filmic descriptions of the min......more