7.2k reviews for:

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

3.9 AVERAGE

fireheart9's review

3.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

jessica_gay's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: No

megsbookishtwins's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

lilworm's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

minsessed's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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Beautifully written and so emotionally charged, The Deep tells, through the lens of fantastical merfolk,the story of generational trauma,the history of enslaved black people and explores the heaviness of carrying said history. I was in love with every single word of this.

minchowski's review

4.0

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

oliveridley's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ottiedot's review against another edition

5.0

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Perfect.

How terrible must it be to carry all that grief for your people. But what is a people without knowing their history.

My heart beats for this book and this book only.

red1176's review

3.0

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I should have read more about the book's origin and premise before starting it, not knowing it was an origin story collaboration based on a song. The different chapters of the book didn't tie together in any obvious way so I was confused and felt that the writing was choppy and disconnected.  I think it's a great concep but it just didn't work for me. 

madeleineg's review

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced