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sarahp85's review against another edition
3.0
oh this took me a while to read. Not because I didn't like it, I just didn't have the headspace for it
I love a mermaid book. I mean, it's not Ingo, but it is quite lovely
I did like the story "on land" more than the darker story "in the sea"
I love a mermaid book. I mean, it's not Ingo, but it is quite lovely
I did like the story "on land" more than the darker story "in the sea"
melinda1962's review against another edition
2.0
The best thing about this book is the three POV, the two main characters and the sea. Very interesting getting the sea’s prospective. The other star was for the legend of the Mer people and how they came to be. Otherwise the rest is a hard pass. I didn’t care about any of the characters the way they were written. There were too many protagonists, including two groups of pirates. And the biggest disappointment for me was that the author calls harpys, sirens in this book. Sirens are mermaids whereas harpys are women with bird features like wings and claws. Of the five mermaid retellings I have read so far this summer, this is the only one I would not recommend.
cat_thecatlady's review against another edition
4.0
this book is genius. I want to live inside Dockrill's mind because damn that place must be amazing! I'm really disappointed with the ending. otherwise, this would be a 5 star book, no doubt about it.
full review here: https://catshelf.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/book-review-49-lorali-by-laura-dockrill/
full review here: https://catshelf.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/book-review-49-lorali-by-laura-dockrill/
lizeindisney's review against another edition
5.0
Lorali is a mermaid princess, who has been transformed into a human. She meets Rory, a ‘Walker’ to her people, on a beach in Hastings, and he takes her in. Their first encounter had me in stitches, and I loved Lorali’s innocence.
This book has something for everyone and I hope everyone who reads it enjoys it as much as I did!
This book has something for everyone and I hope everyone who reads it enjoys it as much as I did!
angelreads's review against another edition
4.0
Review Originally Posted on Angel Reads
I received Lorali by Laura Dockrill from The Five Mile Press (Hot Key Books) in exchanged for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts on the book.
As soon as I read the synopsis for Lorali, I knew I needed it in my hands so I could read it. Firstly the cover is stunning, not only does it look beautiful. but it feels so cool. The front has scales like fish do, or like a mermaid’s tale and you can feel them.
Lorali jumps through 3 points of view; Rory the male protagonist and who the novel follows, Lorali; the mermaid that washes ashore and ‘The Sea.’
It was easy to distinguish between the different points of view. Rory had a very man like even boy like attitude in the way that he spoke and referred to things. I actually really enjoyed Rory as a Protagonist. It’s rare that I read a book with a male protagonist and I find them 1. Hard to connect to and 2. There isn’t too much of it. Rory is kind of the loner in a sense – he has friends, yes. But I got the vibe that he likes to be alone and that people just don’t get him.
Pretty early on in the book, the reader is able to see that Rory family is pretty dysfunctional. His father has left and too Rory, he is dead to him, but this took a toll on Rory’s mum and she isn’t what Rory needs.
Lorali’s point of view is interesting. All her sentences are short and don’t always make sense. But I think that added to her character. Lorali acted like a little girl and in a sense she was. She didn’t really know all too much about the land and ‘walkers,’ so she was new to everything. She acted like a 3 year old and it was so cute. She was excited about so many different things that a normal 16/17 year old wouldn’t get excited about. It was so adorable and I love the way that Rory acted about it as well; yes it thought it was so wired before he knew what she was, but after…oh it made my heart flutter.
‘The Sea’ was an interesting point of view. I haven’t read too many things when an author personifies something and I think that Laura Dockrill, did it perfectly. It was humanized in a way that if the chapters of Lorali didn’t have ‘The Sea’ at the top, you would have thought it was human.
‘The Sea’ followed a different people and it also gave the reader some back story on things and people that were brought up through the book.
One of the groups of people that the sea followed were aboard the Liberty Ship, the Ablegares boys, who are pirates. Otto, Oksa and Jasper are quite entertaining characters and I really enjoyed following their story. They shared such an awesome bond it was fun to read, but then they could be harsh and mean.
‘The Sea’ also follows Orla a mermaid whose job is to keep an eye on the walkers, again she was a really interesting character, which kind of disappointed me in the end.
Although I loved the plot, the characters and all the twists and turns. I didn’t fall in love with the writing style. I am not a massive fan of lots of short sentences, I felt that when the book was in Lorali’s point of view it made sense, but not when it was in others. I also felt the ending lacked – I was just really confused by the ending. I don’t know if that was just me and I missed something.
Overall, I really enjoyed Lorali. It was a fun, exciting read, that I was turning page after page. It was fast paced and exciting. I also loved that Laura Dockrill put newspaper/internet and other forms of media pieces in the book about things that occurred it added something different to an already unique book. There is so much more that I could go on about, but I won’t. If you like fantasy/paranormal, romance anything really, I think that you would enjoy Lorali.
I received Lorali by Laura Dockrill from The Five Mile Press (Hot Key Books) in exchanged for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts on the book.
As soon as I read the synopsis for Lorali, I knew I needed it in my hands so I could read it. Firstly the cover is stunning, not only does it look beautiful. but it feels so cool. The front has scales like fish do, or like a mermaid’s tale and you can feel them.
Lorali jumps through 3 points of view; Rory the male protagonist and who the novel follows, Lorali; the mermaid that washes ashore and ‘The Sea.’
It was easy to distinguish between the different points of view. Rory had a very man like even boy like attitude in the way that he spoke and referred to things. I actually really enjoyed Rory as a Protagonist. It’s rare that I read a book with a male protagonist and I find them 1. Hard to connect to and 2. There isn’t too much of it. Rory is kind of the loner in a sense – he has friends, yes. But I got the vibe that he likes to be alone and that people just don’t get him.
Pretty early on in the book, the reader is able to see that Rory family is pretty dysfunctional. His father has left and too Rory, he is dead to him, but this took a toll on Rory’s mum and she isn’t what Rory needs.
Lorali’s point of view is interesting. All her sentences are short and don’t always make sense. But I think that added to her character. Lorali acted like a little girl and in a sense she was. She didn’t really know all too much about the land and ‘walkers,’ so she was new to everything. She acted like a 3 year old and it was so cute. She was excited about so many different things that a normal 16/17 year old wouldn’t get excited about. It was so adorable and I love the way that Rory acted about it as well; yes it thought it was so wired before he knew what she was, but after…oh it made my heart flutter.
‘The Sea’ was an interesting point of view. I haven’t read too many things when an author personifies something and I think that Laura Dockrill, did it perfectly. It was humanized in a way that if the chapters of Lorali didn’t have ‘The Sea’ at the top, you would have thought it was human.
‘The Sea’ followed a different people and it also gave the reader some back story on things and people that were brought up through the book.
One of the groups of people that the sea followed were aboard the Liberty Ship, the Ablegares boys, who are pirates. Otto, Oksa and Jasper are quite entertaining characters and I really enjoyed following their story. They shared such an awesome bond it was fun to read, but then they could be harsh and mean.
‘The Sea’ also follows Orla a mermaid whose job is to keep an eye on the walkers, again she was a really interesting character, which kind of disappointed me in the end.
Although I loved the plot, the characters and all the twists and turns. I didn’t fall in love with the writing style. I am not a massive fan of lots of short sentences, I felt that when the book was in Lorali’s point of view it made sense, but not when it was in others. I also felt the ending lacked – I was just really confused by the ending. I don’t know if that was just me and I missed something.
Overall, I really enjoyed Lorali. It was a fun, exciting read, that I was turning page after page. It was fast paced and exciting. I also loved that Laura Dockrill put newspaper/internet and other forms of media pieces in the book about things that occurred it added something different to an already unique book. There is so much more that I could go on about, but I won’t. If you like fantasy/paranormal, romance anything really, I think that you would enjoy Lorali.
khairun_atika's review against another edition
3.0
It took me a while to read through this book, and I feel like rereading it again sometime to fully engage with the story. It is a story of a young boy, Rory and his meeting with Lorali, a mermaid who washes up on the small coastal town of Hastings. This leads to a turbulent turn of events involving the Mer, the Cavities and the townspeople. Secrets among the Mer and the Walkers come to light, as Lorali yearns to discover her history and Rory learns more about the true nature and danger of the Mer life. Laura Dockrill weaved the multiple narratives brilliantly, making this a rather thrilling adventure that blurs the fantasy of pirates and mermaids with the reality of the Walkers.
eleonora_dc's review against another edition
3.0
This book is about mermaids, yes, but is a lot deeper than that: there is rape, there is mental illness, there is bullying, there is friendship and love! And the ending...
notlikethebeer's review against another edition
2.0
This was okay, but not brilliant. I think the subject matter and the way the fantasy elements were portrayed were suited to middle grade, whereas the tone and much of the content was definitely young adult. That made it a bit difficult for me to grasp as I wasn't sure where it was aiming? And made it feel a bit all over the place. However, in general it was a good book with an interesting plot.