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A review by sr_marshrat
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Shark Heart reads like Habeck wrote a generic, flowery-prose love-and-loss story, but was told it was generic, so added sharks and giant lizards. Didn't add them well, though. Instead of adding curious life history facts, Habeck leans into animal stereotypes. And forgets to italicize Latin species names.
Additionally, the writing is all over the place. A single word, sentence, paragraph alone on a blank page does not profoundness make. Especially if you do it over and over again. That, combined with the hodgepodge of play writing, poetry, lists, and footnotes, makes Shark Heart read like a series of unfinished ideas, all strung together. This -truly, wildly, uniquely fabulous- premise would have been better served if the 350 single paragraph ideas had been pared down to a few dozen fully fleshed out scenes.
Additionally, the writing is all over the place. A single word, sentence, paragraph alone on a blank page does not profoundness make. Especially if you do it over and over again. That, combined with the hodgepodge of play writing, poetry, lists, and footnotes, makes Shark Heart read like a series of unfinished ideas, all strung together. This -truly, wildly, uniquely fabulous- premise would have been better served if the 350 single paragraph ideas had been pared down to a few dozen fully fleshed out scenes.