I am very conflicted about this book, narrating the life of a young couple moving away from Dublin into a remote house in the countryside with their dogs and how they disentangle themselves from society completely. 

The prose is beautiful, yet I never felt a true connection to the characters and despite being a short book, it took me a long time to work through. I was in equal measures fascinated, envious and a little repulsed by their lifestyle.

 Although there is absolutely no plot to speak of, the way the novel builds to such a tiny action in the end, but how that still manages to feel so majestic and impactful was wonderfully crafted, and really emphasized for me the appreciation of nature that is central to this book. 

I am unsure how to rate it - but as it made me think a lot I think 4 stars is appropriate.