Reviews

The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes, William Hutson

inkclassics's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

ghorsford's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

lizzienorthcutt's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

audiobooksandcoffee's review against another edition

emotional

invalid_input's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

The story and world building of The Deep contains so much depth especially given the length of the book which sucked me in in a way that a book hasn’t in years. I also greatly appreciated Rivers Solomon ability to move through different points in time/history since these deviations further fleshed out the wajinru culture. My only critique would be that the resolution of the story did come around a tad to fast for my taste but I understand where it was coming from. Overall while readers should anticipate a potentially challenging read given the themes of trauma, this is a fantastic book that I would highly recommend if you are in the right headspace! 

in_the_pines's review against another edition

mysterious reflective

3.0

brynnabailermango's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

sunshinefarmer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

paigepeploe's review

I had high expectations for this book since I love the song it’s based off of, but unfortunately I’m just not in the right headspace to finish it

mynameiseva's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0