Reviews

The Deepwater Bride and Other Stories by Tamsyn Muir

haunting's review

4.0

favorites: the house that made the sixteen loops of time; the deepwater bride

renstrange's review

challenging dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

the house that made sixteen loops of time: 4/5

the magician’s apprentice: 4/5

chew: 5/5

the deepwater bride: 5/5

union: 3/5

the woman in the hill: 5/5

the mysterious study of doctor sex: 5/5

opinionhaver69's review

5.0

goodreads fannying about with this book is literally my villain origin story. anyway i read this two years ago so i don't even remember if it's really a 5 star read or if i was just blinded by good pussy* (*my parasocial relationship with tamsyn muir's writing) but that is a disease that has unfortunately proven incurable so i'm sure i'd still give it the same rating today

itsmesocorro's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

anna_louise014's review

fast-paced

4.0

one of the few times I can tolerate short stories

emeline_r's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

draculogan's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

psiionicwolf's review

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

tinyjude's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.25

A very interesting set of stories. My favourites were definitely the Deepwater Bride, The Woman in the Hill and The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (MORE PALAMEDES AND CAMILLA CONTENT AHHHHH MY CHILDREN FROM THE SIXTH). Although all of them were thought-provoking. I really like Muir's protrayal of eldritch horror/cosmic horror, dead women resurrecting and complicated homoerotism between two weird girls.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Rape

aviarysopen's review

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0