Reviews

Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly

missmeganlee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

myamoonstone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

lenaoknihach's review against another edition

4.0

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aeslehcgale's review against another edition

I couldn’t take this book seriously and the writing wasn’t very good. Literally nothing happen for the first 100 pages and when something finally did happen, the pacing became way too fast that I just didn’t care

violetwillow's review against another edition

It was too similar to a book I had already started for my bedtime reading and I was he l mixing the plots, etc

Revisit. 

callistag1's review against another edition

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It was fascinating and exiting from beginning to end. At first I wasn't so sure about it, because other mermaids books I had read weren't that good, but this was amazing and I'm glad I read it. Each character is well defined and each has some meaning to the story, and I liked how the prince Serafina was supposed to marry wasn't the great handsome prince like in most books. He actually made a huge mistake and made me laugh at his stupidity. (Sorry to those who like him) The description and detail the author put in this book was magnificent. I also love this because it's Disney. It supposed to be for ages roughly 10-12, but I'm older than that and I can't wait for the next book to come out.

harleyrae's review against another edition

3.0

I found this book to be enjoyable. It wasn't my favorite, but it was fun to read. I had never read a mermaid before before this one, and wasn't sure what to expect, luckily this wasn't to bad. My biggest issues with this book was the we'd meet many people, but would only hear about them for a few pages till they are all but forgotten. Mahdi plays a somewhat large role at the beginning of the novel but becomes nonexistent after the first 70 pages. I also wasn't a huge fan of the world building, at certain parts it was hard to imagine it was underwater. It almost felt as if this story wasn't based in the water at all, which I'm a little disappointed in since this is a mermaid book. I also felt that the farther the book went on the younger the attended audience became, which was a bit frustrating.
All in all I did enjoy this book and plan on continuing the series, especially since this one ended on a cliff hanger.

asthepoetsays's review against another edition

5.0

mon livre préféré d’enfance <3

bookwormymegan's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition

2.0

Ik keek er echt ongelooflijk naar uit om dit boek te lezen. Het andere boek dat ik van deze auteur gelezen heb vond ik echt geweldig en ik was er dan ook helemaal klaar voor om weer net zo geraakt te worden en net zo betoverd te worden door haar geweldige schrijfstijl. Helaas viel dat dus uiteindelijk een beetje tegen.

Het kan natuurlijk aan de vertaling liggen (ik heb haar andere boek in het Engels gelezen), maar eerlijk gezegd betwijfel ik dat. Ik denk dat er gewoon absoluut geen klik was tussen mij en dit verhaal, deze karakters en deze wereld. Het werkte voor mij gewoon absoluut niet.

Allereerst omdat ik vond dat er veel te veel informatie gegeven en uitgelegd moest worden. Het is overduidelijk dat Donnelly een geweldige wereld in haar hoofd heeft, maar de hoeveelheid aan begrippen, uitleg, politieke achtergrond, namen en lange verhalen was gewoon te groot. Het voelde alsof de helft van het boek uitleg van de wereld was en ik vind dat altijd erg jammer.

Daarnaast was er voor de karakters te weinig tijd om echt emoties te hebben, dingen te verwerken, ergens bij stil te staan. Al vanaf het begin zit er een heel hoog tempo in de gebeurtenissen, waardoor de emoties nogal ondergesneeuwd raken. Op geen enkel moment had ik echt het gevoel dat de hoofdpersonages echt doorleefd iets voelden. Het was veel tell, weinig show.

Het resultaat is dat ik geen emotionele band had met de karakters, het me niet echt kon schelen wat er met hen gebeurde en ik ook geen echte connectie met hun wereld voelde, omdat ik nagenoeg alles alleen van horen zeggen had.

Ik had het graag anders gezien. Ik had zeker anders gehoopt. Maar goed, er staan gelukkig meer boeken in de kast.