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A review by meliemelo
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What an amazing, breathtaking read. I was hooked right from the start.
This is a very different kind of initiatory journey, and there are various things to love, from the complicated family relationships to intense moments of body horror, all through very short chapters that do make it quite hard to put the book down. A lot of fascinating facts about the ocean and its inhabitants as well. As pointed out by others, it did remind me of <i>The Martian</i>, but with quite a different tone.
Also, I am pretty sure this is the only books where I have gone so starkly from "oh I hope they make a good movie adaptation of this, it would be great" to "actually I wouldn't have the stomach to watch it"!
This is a very different kind of initiatory journey, and there are various things to love, from the complicated family relationships to intense moments of body horror, all through very short chapters that do make it quite hard to put the book down. A lot of fascinating facts about the ocean and its inhabitants as well. As pointed out by others, it did remind me of <i>The Martian</i>, but with quite a different tone.
Also, I am pretty sure this is the only books where I have gone so starkly from "oh I hope they make a good movie adaptation of this, it would be great" to "actually I wouldn't have the stomach to watch it"!