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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Vomit
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Self harm
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“The deep sea is a haunted house: a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness.“
This is truly a beautifully poetic yet deeply unsettling book. As someone with thalassophobia, Leah’s chapters absolutely made my skin crawl.
This story is an unnerving and claustrophobic story of sapphic love, changing, and letting go. A beautiful mix of poetic prose and body horror intermingled with the suffocating flashbacks of Leah’s time trapped under the sea.
I loved this book. It was an uncomfortable, emotional and anxiety inducing rollercoaster squeezed into 232 pages. And while it set off those deep fears within me, it also enraptured me from start to end.
This is truly a beautifully poetic yet deeply unsettling book. As someone with thalassophobia, Leah’s chapters absolutely made my skin crawl.
This story is an unnerving and claustrophobic story of sapphic love, changing, and letting go. A beautiful mix of poetic prose and body horror intermingled with the suffocating flashbacks of Leah’s time trapped under the sea.
I loved this book. It was an uncomfortable, emotional and anxiety inducing rollercoaster squeezed into 232 pages. And while it set off those deep fears within me, it also enraptured me from start to end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Grief
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Lesbophobia
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This was meant to be my Halloween read but I finished it the morning of the 30th. I'm very scared of the deep ocean so it felt like a perfect fit. I wouldn't call this chilling or scary - 'Our Wives Under the Sea' is less deep ocean horror story and is more introspective, surreal and isolating with eerie body horror. I had an idea of what I was going into but if you don't know and like slower, intimate stories over something action packed then just pick this up and go in blind. I loved the way this was written, the exploration of Miri and her mental state and the overall ambiguity.
It follows Miri and Leah in the wake of Leah's return from a deep sea mission, different. What was meant to be 3 weeks in a submarine was instead months of no contact.
Expect beautiful writing, surrealism and a lot of science-y facts.
It follows Miri and Leah in the wake of Leah's return from a deep sea mission, different. What was meant to be 3 weeks in a submarine was instead months of no contact.
Expect beautiful writing, surrealism and a lot of science-y facts.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Slow-paced and a bit repetitive. Frustration with how characters dealt with situations. Ending left more questions unanswered than answered. Although a great story to symbolize grief and losing a loved one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief
Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The themes of loss, fear, conspiracy, change, grief, evolution, isolation and the sense of feeling a drift are woven into this book really well. The story on itself it seems very basic and straight forward. Until we are taken further and further in; Our Wives in the Sea is a haunting tale. It’s intriguing and grossly disturbing in its detail. But I am drawn forward to learn more. Since it came up, a phrase I have not been able to let go of is Sunken Thoughts. It’s as if Leah and her team were being set up to be studied and so were Mari and the other loved ones left on land. Oh another line that stays with me: take her back and return her again only better.
It’s bittersweet; a book that will stay with you.
It’s bittersweet; a book that will stay with you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is the best book I’ve read all year.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
Horrible. Haunting. Gorgeous.
This novel is a powerful exploration of losing yourself and losing those who matter most. Of illness. Of complicated love. With exquisite prose, and aching dual narration, Armfield seems to ponder: If you stare into the abyss, and it stares back into you, is there anywhere to go but down?
This novel is a powerful exploration of losing yourself and losing those who matter most. Of illness. Of complicated love. With exquisite prose, and aching dual narration, Armfield seems to ponder: If you stare into the abyss, and it stares back into you, is there anywhere to go but down?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Vomit, Dementia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia
Minor: Homophobia
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Dysphoria
Minor: Lesbophobia