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amermanda's review against another edition
Not sure how to rate this. So long. Narrator was a know it all. Ending was anticlimactic and rushed. Why didn't we actually get anywhere with the siren that was signing?
claire_a_p's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
lexieschmidt's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
stepriot's review against another edition
3.0
This book should have been something I loved. It had all the right ingredients, plus sea monsters. Instead it was repetitive and most of the characters felt like caricature of archetypes. There was no one I was rooting for and no one I felt bad about losing. To top it off, it was predictable, which is alright as long as it is fun as well. This wasn't fun or novel in anyway. I gave it 3 stars because for me it fell flat, but I suspect expectation played a large part of that. Genuinely alien sea monsters would have been amazing and that's what I wanted. The monsters are not particularly alien, perhaps that has to do with the characters anthropomorphizing them.
kdahlo's review against another edition
2.0
How much do you like mermaids? I like them a lot, and so I pulled myself through this book and now I'm done reading it. Even if you like mermaids as much as I do, I wouldn't recommend this book necessarily, since I did not really like it. Maybe it hurt that I'm a scientist (and in particular a graduate student) and this portrayal of science and academia was almost right, in a way where the missteps are needling and obnoxious. Like, if you had just talked to a few more people, done a touch more research, that could almost make sense kind of feeling.
The other problem was that the twists were not very surprising and it felt very formulaic. It reminded me a lot of reading Michael Crichton books as a teenager - sort of cool, but pretty flat.
Anyways, I almost gave up on it, but I just love mermaids. I hope I can find a better book about mermaids.
The other problem was that the twists were not very surprising and it felt very formulaic. It reminded me a lot of reading Michael Crichton books as a teenager - sort of cool, but pretty flat.
Anyways, I almost gave up on it, but I just love mermaids. I hope I can find a better book about mermaids.
mengevik_reads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
emilyb_chicago's review against another edition
4.0
I’m not normally a horror person and, quite honestly, this starts with some pretty clunky writing. However this was exactly what I wanted, when I wanted it. I loved the tension, the world and the not-graphic horror aspects. It definitely isn’t for ever reader on every day, but I enjoyed reading this every time I picked it up!
youmeandem's review against another edition
3.0
this book fought a battle for my attention, and in the end it won by providing me with the sapphic romance i'd been hoping for since i first learned one of the protagonists went by "tory" instead of her full first name victoria.
which brings me to its opponent in the fight: the omniscient (ish) pov. while i understand the need for it, i wish it wouldn't have been the case. it took about 2/3 of the book for me to finally accept this about it, by which point i had also been heavily influenced by my love for olivia sanderson.
read this book if you want a horror where nearly every death will have you excited, but not as much as the few and far in between kisses between two women who are just really gay for each other amidst it all
which brings me to its opponent in the fight: the omniscient (ish) pov. while i understand the need for it, i wish it wouldn't have been the case. it took about 2/3 of the book for me to finally accept this about it, by which point i had also been heavily influenced by my love for olivia sanderson.
read this book if you want a horror where nearly every death will have you excited, but not as much as the few and far in between kisses between two women who are just really gay for each other amidst it all
jessica_sis23's review against another edition
2.0
I loved this book at first. The author built the suspense fantastically, she described the horror scenes well and it was a great read. However, I feel like she should have gone a different direction with the twist and that it was an easy out. The end felt rushed.