Pharos - Alice Thompson Reviews
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Newest Review: ... sure she can see a young girl on the island and hear her cries and laughter in the lighthouse. Simon is a strange charactor ... more
... but harmless enough, his interest is magic and he seems able to bring inanimate objects to life, this is very strangely accepted by Cameron as if it is normal...worrying.
Cameron seems the most normal of the charactors but even he seems to have his secrets, there is a room in the keeping cellar which is kept under lock and key, Lucia is told that this room is out of bounds, it's one of the 'rules' of the lighthouse.
He later seems to want Lucia to stay on the island even though she feels ready to go back...more
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Customer Pharos - Alice Thompson Reviews (1)
by - written on 18/03/09 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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"Everything on Jacob's Rock seemed to be about the lighthouse, its past and its present. The lighthouse had dominated, obliterated her own history. She needed a history" Jacobs Rock, a small barren island (only 1.2 miles long) off the west coast of Scotland seemed a perfect place for retired seaman Cameron to become lighthouse keeper. He enjoys the quiet life of solitude he leads there, studying the bible in his spare time, the only human contact he has is with the relief boat who comes to bring supplies for him once a month and that is enough for Cameron. He is sent an assistant, Simon to help look after the lighthouse. Simon is younger ... Read the complete review
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