A review by hellocath
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Lovely, sad, so dark. Not a traditional horror but definitely viscerally unsettling.
I just wish things had been a bit clearer around Leah’s time under the sea,
but by literary fiction standards not the most vague/open to interpretation novel I’ve ever read. I actually feel like I may reread and meditate on the symbolism and reflections. Overall a haunting book about love and grief that I would recommend to anyone looking for something unique, sapphic and dark without being traumatic!
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