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dark_marble_eyes 's review for:
Our Wives Under The Sea
by Julia Armfield
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dark, spooky. I listened to this almost all in one go, having started it one night before bed, listening to 78% of it instead of sleeping the next night, and listening to the last forty minutes over breakfast. I just had to keep going and learn the secrets unraveling as it went.
I’m not going to lie, though, had the characters not been lesbians/sapphic, I don’t think I would have been as invested. I don’t know if that’s really a mark against the book, though, or against other sci-fi that I could love if only they weren’t uncomfortably heterosexual.
Still, it only earned 4 stars because it felt incomplete at the end? I felt a bit unsatisfied when it ended. I just wish there was a little more. Though I suppose the mystery was the point. It lost a little bit more of rating because of the random tinge of biphobia thrown in. It may have been a flaw of our main character, but it was hard to tell if that was the intent or if the author just feels that way.
I’m not going to lie, though, had the characters not been lesbians/sapphic, I don’t think I would have been as invested. I don’t know if that’s really a mark against the book, though, or against other sci-fi that I could love if only they weren’t uncomfortably heterosexual.
Still, it only earned 4 stars because it felt incomplete at the end? I felt a bit unsatisfied when it ended. I just wish there was a little more. Though I suppose the mystery was the point. It lost a little bit more of rating because of the random tinge of biphobia thrown in. It may have been a flaw of our main character, but it was hard to tell if that was the intent or if the author just feels that way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Biphobia, Blood
Minor: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail