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And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

this story is something else.

it’s strange and so different and at the same time speaks so many truths.

i liked and hated how the whales are humanities in this book. how the use our kinds of weapons, ships and live in cities and work, instead of having a more animalistic version of those things - BUT it does make this story appeal to more readers i would guess. 
it makes it easier to see people in the whales and connect to the story. 

i do love how this story ends, how it discovered and unveils this devil and shows what a real devil is. that’s just how i enjoy this type of story. 

but it’s pretty brutal.
both in picture and storytelling.
there is a lot of death, murder and killing. there is torture and brutality… 
it’s not a nice little story.

but i think it works very well and i enjoyed it a lot more than i expected both the first time i read it and even more so on the reread. 

it’s something different but well told. 

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