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aquariusisms's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol
linguaphile412's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
decie's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Vomit, and Grief
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Death of parent
talasterism's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Vomit, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent
julesmae's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Body horror and Confinement
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit
marioncromb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Armfield is a master of atmosphere and gives the perfect amount of suggestion of whats happening to leave you satisfied but fittingly uncomprehending.
My only occassional problem was that i sometimes forgot during paragraphs whether i was reading Leah or Miri, the narrative voices were not as distinct as they could have been, assuming it wasnt a deliberate choice.
Graphic: Confinement and Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit
I was considering adding Dementia, but its not dementia, but there's a lot in commonforestthieves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This story follows the relationship between Miri and Leah, after Leah has returned from a submarine mission gone wrong, and begins to undergo frightening and unusual changes, both physically and emotionally.
Armfield is a master of imagery, and I hung on every single line, attempting to absorb as much of her writing as I could. The tones of nostalgia, grief, transformation, and horror envelop her words, causing you to sink deeper and deeper into the story, until everything else around you fades to black and all you have is Our Wives Under the Sea.
Longer review to come once I’ve processed this deep sea gothic queer love story.
Thank you to Netgalley as well as Flatiron Books, for this e-arc in exchange for my honest review.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Vomit
jesshindes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit