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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

36 reviews

fairyollie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

it was a lovely, lovely read. a bit slow in parts, a bit too fast at the end - but lovely nonetheless. I love Maggie's writing style. the story is of a Black genderfluid pirate and their Asian-coded lesbian love. there is pirates and mermaids, lesbians, witches, the sea as a MILF- what more could you want?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

the sea is a MILF. I have to make that clear. the sea. is. a. milf.

baponthecob's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-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

3.75

There were actually a lot of things in this book that I dont usually like, but I let it slide here bc I was just enjoying the story as a whole.
There was instalove, so I didnt really understand the romance. It didnt really click for me, but the way their interactions were written were just really soft and sweet :) but yeah it was very much giving high school puppy love. Imo, at the end,

Flora/Florian should have had to move on from Evelyn's death instead of joining her as a mermaid. Family was supposed to be kinda important, so I just cant see why she has just obtained a father figure and reunited with her brother only to leave them to be with a girl.

The witch arc also felt really rushed despite it being the longest part of the book. Actually all the parts just felt really fast to me? 
I was also confused by the epilogue. But, overall, a fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, War, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Vomit, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Cursing

hannahadamson's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

I thought this book was okay, I don’t really have any strong feelings towards it

I thought the world was interesting enough and i did like most of the main characters, but I didn’t find myself getting invested in the story and there were a few things that I thought were quite under developed. If it wasn’t for the book club, i’m not sure if i would have finished this or not

I did quite enjoy ‘part one’ of the book, but parts two and three fell a little flat for me and I just found myself wanting more from it.

However, I did really like Evelyn & Flora’s ending and I thought the character of ‘the sea’ was really interesting.

We will be discussing this book in more depth in the Fiction Faeries Instagram Live. This live will be in the first week of September (date TBD)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery, Addiction, Sexual violence, and Rape

fruitea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

a lot darker/heavier than i expected but overall a pretty good story yes i am biased because i like pirates

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

backupandround's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Implied sexual assault/intent of sexual assault, not confirmed or described.

millow333's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Trafficking