I really enjoyed this and the format made it easy to devour in a few days.

I've always had a romantic attachment to a lighthouse. I've no idea why because they were mostly filled with crusty men smoking and not washing very much.

But this novel manages to capture both of those perspectives - the romantic, poetic notion of the solitary man and his relationship between his soul and the sea - and the lonely, oppressiveness of isolation with the same people and no opportunity to break away.

The plot points in this novel weren't startlingly original - each character's history promises mystery and intrigue, secrets untold. These are all divulged at one point or another and they aren't particularly novel or interesting. Each character has a tragic backstory which may or may not appeal to your sense of sympathy.The more interesting thing is to chart the internal dissolution between the men, their battles with their own internal struggles and lament the wasted chances, the path not taken, the words not spoken and how isolation and close confinement affects their relationships with one another.