Well, it does not matters because Fletcher does very good job on her characters. In addition, the strong and important characters only come on pages in form of memories. There are not many characters in both book of Susan Fletcher and we only learn them from the protagonist POV. I trusted him like I trusted the sky to stay above my head. Might be it is my fault but this is how it was. However, I was clearly looking the hospital bed, the seaside house of Moira, and her hostel room in Oystercatchers. No doubt, Susan Fletcher is a likable writer but I was unable to imagine Wales, Farm, and rivers when reading Eve Green. Why did I like Oystercatchers and not Eve Green?īecause the characters of Oystercatchers are more natural and relatable and the event that happens in that book are fathomable for me. However, both, at given time, do cheat and tell lies and that was the whole plot of their stories.Ī lie or an act that rolls the ball in the wrong direction that made them feel guilty for rest of their life. Moira is introvert and Eve is the one who fights in the cafeteria. We want to change their world with one glance, to stop their breath at the sight of us.īoth Ray and Daniel are charming, good-natured and they love their females.

We all want out lovers to see us that way – unaware, natural, serene. Moira has her mother’s sister to fulfill that purpose. In Eve Green, Evangeline has Billy, her mother’s friend, who become her friend and yet manages to create a mystery around him. The decision she makes along the way and the consequences they have. Telling her sister about her detached childhood, lonely puberty and introverted teenager life. The story of Oystercatchers, Moira is sitting at the bedside of her sister (in comma). She is preparing herself to be a good mother by accepting the wrong and bad she did in her rage and anger, which bring the bad consequences. In the present time, she is pregnant and she is recalling all the moments that led her here. The story of Eve Green is about Evangeline, girl whose mother is dead, and now she comes to Wales and lives with her grandparents.

Oystercatchers by Susan Fletcher