Frankly, I found this a bit boring. It's a novel about a young white Australian girl (Sarah) who falls in love with a half Aboriginal boy (Jack), but they are separated for reasons which Sarah slowly discovers.
The plot is obviously intended to challenge racism and explore the morality of the violent dominance of early white settlers. However, the focus is very much on Sarah and Jack's relationship which in my view results in an average book about falling in love, and any serious message is lost. In particular, the last journey of Jack and Sarah is incongruous and overly romanticised.
This is the last in a trilogy and you do get the impression that the author's material has been stretched to its absolute maximum. This book is definitely readable and doesn't require much concentration, but it is nowhere near as powerful as it could have been, given the subject matter.
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