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A review by tatyanavogt
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
3.0
I love the idea of this, and it was an interesting read. I felt like part of it was paced really nicely and then some of the things towards the end needed to be spread out just a little bit more so that you could sit in the weight of it a bit. I think it if did I probably would have liked it more.
For some reason I feel 'eh about it. It was good, I liked it, but I didnt love it. Its a story about black mermaids who were born from the deaths of slave cargo being thrown overboard, a beautiful idea from something so horrific. And he horror of those events lived on with them, so hard to bear that one mermaid, the historian, is tasked to hold all of those memories only sharing them with the rest once a year.
But what if the historian doesn't take those memories back? Thats what its about and I LOVE the idea of it, I even love the concepts it touches on and the message I got in the end, but the execution just wasnt as touching as I wanted. I still really enjoyed it though and would recommend, especially since it is such a quick read.
For some reason I feel 'eh about it. It was good, I liked it, but I didnt love it. Its a story about black mermaids who were born from the deaths of slave cargo being thrown overboard, a beautiful idea from something so horrific. And he horror of those events lived on with them, so hard to bear that one mermaid, the historian, is tasked to hold all of those memories only sharing them with the rest once a year.
But what if the historian doesn't take those memories back? Thats what its about and I LOVE the idea of it, I even love the concepts it touches on and the message I got in the end, but the execution just wasnt as touching as I wanted. I still really enjoyed it though and would recommend, especially since it is such a quick read.