A review by biblioleah
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.

I was really excited for this book and was promised a queer haunted novel that was part literary fiction, part horror, part thriller. Although I found this writing style so incredibly beautiful and lyrical, I really struggled to get through this story. Frankly, the story lacked tension and plot for me, and I didn't fall for the characters enough that their presence alone was an excuse for the absence of plot. I remember getting to the halfway point in the story and besides being bored with it all, I realized then that nothing had even happened, not really. To me, this book would have been better if it was much shorter, but even as a short story I would have needed higher stakes. Something more than just pretty writing, you know?