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A review by millennialbookreview
The Sea by Sophie Jupillat Posey
2.0
I received an advanced review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I found the premise of this story to be intriguing. Amos and his connection to the sea seemed like an interesting dynamic to explore. The author did an excellent job painting a very vivid and detailed picture of the world and the environment of the story. The cover art is beautiful and I liked the message the story was trying to send.
While those aspects of the story were ones that I enjoyed, there were a number of things that I didn't enjoy about The Sea. I found Amos as a character to be rather one-dimensional and hard to connect to or like. There was also a great deal telling the reader things as opposed to showing those things, leading to bouts of exposition dumps, especially of events between Part 1 and Part 2. The ending felt rather weird and disjointed to me, which disappointed me.
In conclusion, The Sea had a lot of potential, but I don't think it achieved it.
I found the premise of this story to be intriguing. Amos and his connection to the sea seemed like an interesting dynamic to explore. The author did an excellent job painting a very vivid and detailed picture of the world and the environment of the story. The cover art is beautiful and I liked the message the story was trying to send.
While those aspects of the story were ones that I enjoyed, there were a number of things that I didn't enjoy about The Sea. I found Amos as a character to be rather one-dimensional and hard to connect to or like. There was also a great deal telling the reader things as opposed to showing those things, leading to bouts of exposition dumps, especially of events between Part 1 and Part 2. The ending felt rather weird and disjointed to me, which disappointed me.
In conclusion, The Sea had a lot of potential, but I don't think it achieved it.