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nonesensed's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
Miri has throughout her marriage had to get used to her wife Leah going away for work for long and occasionally unpredictable spans of time. Leah mainly does her work at sea, even more often under said sea's surface, which makes scheduling tricky. But she's always come back. This is the first time she's almost didn't. After a trip of a few weeks turned into a six month disappearance, Miri now has to adjust to having Leah back home. Readjusting is made harder by Leah not quite being herself. What happened to Leah during her absence? And what will happen to her now?
A beautifully written story! To me it ended up a more melancholy experience rather than a full-blown horror one, but I'm not disappointed. The chills were lovely when they happened. The romance was bittersweet. The meeting point between the two was interesting to experience because it was handled so well. And the ending fit with the rest of the story and paid off all the things the story builds up.
Recommended to all people who want to read a horror story about the things that lurk at the bottom of the sea combined with a soft eulogy to a loving relationship slowly suffocating.
A beautifully written story! To me it ended up a more melancholy experience rather than a full-blown horror one, but I'm not disappointed. The chills were lovely when they happened. The romance was bittersweet. The meeting point between the two was interesting to experience because it was handled so well. And the ending fit with the rest of the story and paid off all the things the story builds up.
Recommended to all people who want to read a horror story about the things that lurk at the bottom of the sea combined with a soft eulogy to a loving relationship slowly suffocating.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Gore
maddiechristine15's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Body horror
Minor: Death of parent
kaanda's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Super engaging throughout. Romantic in the weirdest ways while stringing along a story that was so fun to put together as the book went on. Sad, but rewarding with a ton of beautiful lines.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Dementia
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Vomit, Gore, Violence, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Confinement, and Suicide
pheenic's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death of parent
maggieae's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
A slow burn with beautifully written prose. Truly a unique story and unlike anything I've read before. More of an exploration of grief in a horror setting than an actual horror novel. Leah's climactic submarine scene was really gripping.
It did take me a long time to finish such a short book. It was boring in parts and overly detailed. Miri is a cold and distant narrator, which makes it hard to connect with the characters and share in their grief.
It did take me a long time to finish such a short book. It was boring in parts and overly detailed. Miri is a cold and distant narrator, which makes it hard to connect with the characters and share in their grief.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Death and Death of parent
bessjoyce's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Confinement
kenrya's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Mental illness, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Terminal illness, and Vomit
manicaxolotl's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail
chrisiliae's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
onepartyending's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I really wanted to love this book, but the way the plot and the characters move in it doesn't hit for me.
There's much more that could've been explored - any other characters that appear or are mentioned in the book feel underdeveloped in a way that doesn't seem to be intentional. Maybe the intent was to make clear how little they mattered to Miri, how everything faded to the background after Leah came back. Except it doesn't feel that way at all, I kept thinking "why are you mentioning this, why is this happening", which to me translates into a disconnect with the story itself. Also, everytime Miri mentions her mom I could see the attempt to connect two lines of the plot, but they felt frail and not really that well tied together.
As many people pointed out, the narrative voices for Miri and Leah are mixed, not very distinct. It wasn't too glaring though, so it didn't bother me that much.
I did like the premise, the general idea of the plot. But the ending was bland. Not necessarily eldritch, just a little silly. It didn't bring me any sense of horror; however it did make me want the story to end a bit faster, because I had better things to do.
It had great one liners, and it did make me reflect a bit about parents and relationships. It's a good book if you're expectations of it aren't high.
There's much more that could've been explored - any other characters that appear or are mentioned in the book feel underdeveloped in a way that doesn't seem to be intentional. Maybe the intent was to make clear how little they mattered to Miri, how everything faded to the background after Leah came back. Except it doesn't feel that way at all, I kept thinking "why are you mentioning this, why is this happening", which to me translates into a disconnect with the story itself. Also, everytime Miri mentions her mom I could see the attempt to connect two lines of the plot, but they felt frail and not really that well tied together.
As many people pointed out, the narrative voices for Miri and Leah are mixed, not very distinct. It wasn't too glaring though, so it didn't bother me that much.
I did like the premise, the general idea of the plot. But the ending was bland. Not necessarily eldritch, just a little silly. It didn't bring me any sense of horror; however it did make me want the story to end a bit faster, because I had better things to do.
It had great one liners, and it did make me reflect a bit about parents and relationships. It's a good book if you're expectations of it aren't high.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror