#109 in Historical fiction
Seascraper
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Our view
“Seascraper” is a thoughtful, moving historical novel about a young man’s gruelling life on the English coast. Benjamin Wood follows twenty-year-old Thomas Flett, who trawls the shallows for shrimp with a horse and cart to keep himself and his mother, while dreaming of becoming a folk singer. Some readers find too little story, and too little character growth, to hold them. It is above all a portrait of one life and its hopes.
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About the book
Seascraper is a 2025 novel by Benjamin Wood. The novel follows Thomas Flett who lives with his mother on the fictional costal town of Longferry in England. Thomas is a seascraper, earning a meagre living by using a horse-drawn cart to trawl for shrimp on the beach. He then sells his daily catch at a local market. At only twenty years old, Thomas must endure this physically demanding work to eke out a living for himself and his mother, but he has dreams of becoming a folk singer.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 52 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 52 | 100% |
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