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juney_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Beautifully written. Read it for a class but I am really glad to have been shown this book. Solomon's writing is intricate, yet not filled with jargon and unnecessary adjectives and descriptors. I will be reccomending this book to as many people as I can <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gore, Blood, Death, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Torture, and War
booking_along's review
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, and Self harm
nojerama's review
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death of parent, Deportation, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gore, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War
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