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leahrosereads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
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
4.5
Delightful is the wrong word, but it's what I'm going to use. This was a delightfully creepy, disturbing prequel novella to Drowning in the Deep, and I'm so freaking happy I finally read it! I loved learning what happened to the Atargatis first hand, even though, the readers knew the outcome from the book. It's (again I'm going to use the wrong word) nice to have seen what these folks all went through. Horrifying, but it gave me a glimpse at what all happened. And since it's been years since I read Drowning in the Deep, it was "fun" to dive back into this world and story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, and Violence
northernplunder's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Ableism and Grief
words_and_coffee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I had SO much fun with this story, which instead of feeling like a fantasy which I expected I found had a very sci-fi horror movie feel with a great build up of tension. The only short falling for me is that since it's a novella you don't have much time to get too attached to the ill-fated crew aboard the Atargatis, so the individual losses had less impact than it might have, but the story is well paced with a great atmosphere, writing style, a really vicious take on mermaids and like I said I had a lot of fun reading this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Death
readwithanna's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
5.0
It's eerie. It's terrifying. It explains why we left the ocean for a good reason and every time we go back it's a bad time.
Seriously, though. Don't go looking for mermaids.
Seriously, though. Don't go looking for mermaids.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Death
lou_sam's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Blood
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