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A review by gen_ay
The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
I really enjoyed sky in the deep so I was excited to see what the follow up had to offer. By the 60%, it started to drag and although I liked the characters, the story started to feel bogged down and the build up to the end felt too drawn out. The conclusion felt rather anticlimactic to me and makes me wish we would have had a more fleshed out ending compared to the meaty middle where, truthfully, a lot occurred that didn’t feel necessary to the book overall.
While I liked the dual POV, the constant going back in time to view the same event through the other main character’s eyes started to feel too repetitive and I feel like it didn’t always add to to the story to go back, but rather the author could have just picked up the story in the new POV from where the last ended from time to time to keep momentum in the plot.
While I liked the dual POV, the constant going back in time to view the same event through the other main character’s eyes started to feel too repetitive and I feel like it didn’t always add to to the story to go back, but rather the author could have just picked up the story in the new POV from where the last ended from time to time to keep momentum in the plot.