Reviews with content warning for Body horror - Nuestras esposas bajo el mar

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Nuestras esposas bajo el mar by Julia Armfield

859 reviews

dark_marble_eyes's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Dark, spooky. I listened to this almost all in one go, having started it one night before bed, listening to 78% of it instead of sleeping the next night, and listening to the last forty minutes over breakfast. I just had to keep going and learn the secrets unraveling as it went.
I’m not going to lie, though, had the characters not been lesbians/sapphic, I don’t think I would have been as invested. I don’t know if that’s really a mark against the book, though, or against other sci-fi that I could love if only they weren’t uncomfortably heterosexual.
Still, it only earned 4 stars because it felt incomplete at the end? I felt a bit unsatisfied when it ended. I just wish there was a little more. Though I suppose the mystery was the point. It lost a little bit more of rating because of the random tinge of biphobia thrown in. It may have been a flaw of our main character, but it was hard to tell if that was the intent or if the author just feels that way.

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akkari's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ippoteq's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book has a brooding quality about it that I really enjoyed, and I cried more than once throughout. I did find that it overstayed its welcome in some portions, especially towards the beginning, and it occasionally felt like

Miri's chapters were getting in the way of Leah's, particularly when the craft first sinks. Leah's chapters felt so short by comparison which was initially frustrating, though it became less of an issue further in.

Overall, this is a very Gothic-feeling horror, and relies a lot on the love story at its core, so if you're more of a blood-and-gore horror fanatic I imagine this would feel underwhelming. As it was, I found it had a good balance between being a horror and romance/grieving.

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jasmindragon's review against another edition

1.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I wouldn't recommend reading this, it was super slow, with lots and lots of unnecessary details and no explanation for what happened it the booo

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iridaceae's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

To know the ocean, I have always felt, is to recognise the teeth it keeps half hidden.

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sarahww's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

certainly not a horror, but very strange, slightly haunting, and well written.

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firielofrivendell's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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yulia's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Beautifully written story about grief and loss. Wasn't the best choice for me though as a person who prefers happy endings and mysterious things explained.

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