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從慘烈的戰場歸來，湯姆成為一座孤島上的燈塔看守人，與年輕的妻子伊莎貝一起過著與世隔絕的日子。伊莎貝對島上的生活一切都很滿意，除了遲遲生不出孩子這點之外。
某天早晨，一艘小船被沖上岸，上面載著一個已經斷了氣的男人，還有一個哭泣的嬰兒。湯姆原本打算依規定通報有關單位，伊莎貝卻堅持他們應該收養這名嬰兒。既然他們身處在距離法律很遙遠的地方，那麼只要他們不說，就沒有人會知道這件事。
但他們卻不知道，這個決定，將會為許多人帶來毀滅性的後果……
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⭐️ 2.5-3To begin with, I think a 3 star rating is a little generous. Particularly since I was bored to tears by the first 100 pages or so of this book, which detailed Tom Sherbourne's childhood and wartime experiences. The chunks of information about how lighthouses work and descriptions of landscapes thrown into the story didn't help either.About half way through the book, around Part 2, things pick up once the baby is discovered and the couple decides to keep the baby, a decision I became increasingly frustrated with as the book progressed on.For me, the writing and execution of this book aren't the problem; it's the decision and the rationale behind the couple's decision to keep the child that made me uneasy. Also, I didn't find this book particularly memorable or exciting.As a whole, I found this book to be just okay: well-written, but too slow-moving, especially in Part 1, and with a plot line that was morally ambiguous.