Reviews with content warning for Suicide attempt - The Deep

I loved it. Loved the writing, the setting, the atmosphere, the world building, the story, the emotions, the queerness. And was impressed how the real history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the resulting intergenerational trauma was processed. It's such a short but impactful story. Wow.

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booking_along's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book is one of those that is so unique and different, covers so many things topics and situations and emotions -both, from characters and what is being told and the ones felt by the reader during the story- that it’s difficult for me to try and describe how this book was or even who or if i would recommend this.

would i say go read this?
yes absolutely.

BUT if you have triggers, definitely look them up and make sure that they aren’t in this book since this book covers so many different generational traumas.

it’s a beautifully written story.
i love the idea and in most moments how the story is told.
the idea of the ocean being something capable of saving the ones that need it -granting the wish to survive- is fascinating and interesting.
the whole thing with the historians and instead of sharing memories burdening one person with all the history no matter what that does to that individual.

but in some moments this story struggled a long a bit for me and while some moments were something i couldn’t stop reading and wanted to know more but than the plot changed a bit and i felt taken away from what i wanted to follow and i struggled to want to continue.
maybe cause sometimes the switch from one plot/moment to another was so different and made it a bit grading.
i don’t know if the length of this book helped with that or not for me.
maybe i just wasn’t fully prepared for just how personal some moments felt -especially the ones were nobody seems to understand or want to understand the invisible struggles and constant pain some can have.

because i loved the length of this.
i don’t think a whole length novel would have worked so well for this, i think it would have started to dragged and become to long a story to keep interest because of all the horrors and trauma this story tells.

the writing as mentioned is beautiful.
i can’t remember the last book i marked quotes simply because the spoke to me and/or how it was said.
i defiantly want to try more by the author and see what else they have.

i think this is a book that i will come back to and need to reexperience to know how to helpfully review it.

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nojerama's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved this so much, it was a re-read for me and I definitely appreciated it more the second time around. Heartbreaking yet somehow comforting in the end.

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triley's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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vj_thompson's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

This was something outside of my comfort zone. It was a similar vibe as Namor’s people of Talokan (the underwater people in the second Black Panther movie). It also reminded me of Avatar, the Last Air Bender. How the story was interesting to read about.

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