Review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Gaby Meares
As I read this book, I had a nagging sensation that there were certain elements that didn’t sit well with me.
Initially I thought, yeah, this is a bit of a ‘feel good’ read. But then the more I thought about it, the more I felt less impressed.
Issues I had: the wife was a cardboard cut-out of a shrew; I am soooo tired of this cop-out for a male character to fall for another woman, such a cliche; is it really ok for a sheikh to spend so much money on a scheme that is doomed to fail for some sort of self indulgent proof of his ‘faith’? And what about the poor fish?
As you can see, I have very mixed emotions about this book!