Reviews

2043... a Merman I Should Turn to Be by Nisi Shawl

wabisabigio's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

3.25

whitecat5000's review

adventurous challenging medium-paced

3.0

This ended too abruptly so instead of reflecting on the story I felt more confused.

rosabelle's review

mysterious fast-paced

4.25

fcarouge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

sbsd05's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

qrschulte's review

challenging dark 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? No

3.0

Interesting premise, but the world building was confusing. 

sahoek's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

undeadwookieebooks's review

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

2.5

jae_28's review

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

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

3.75

 So… I couldn’t explain to you what this is even if I tried, yet, somehow, this was my favorite story in the series so far. I usually stay away from underwater things (cause it’s scary down there and this kinda proved that) but I wanna read more Mermaid Tails now. This was officially my introduction to obsessing over stories about black merpeople. This was super complicated and I didn’t understand a good chunk of the science, but I liked it a lot. The politics and humanitarian (is that the right word in this context? idk) aspects of the story were what really kept me intrigued and wanting to get to the end. Out of all the books so far, this is the one I would reread. 

robynisbookish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75