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dil_emmah 's review for:
Our Wives Under the Sea
by Julia Armfield
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Good concept in theory, but neither of the main characters were interesting enough to carry a book with no plot. And I love a book with no plot. Miri in particular is very hard to root for, and her apathy toward the situation starts way too early in the narrative to be understandable. It's ultimately too much of everyone doing nothing. And the ending - the "reveal" of what Leah encountered was nowhere near frightening enough to justify having slogged through the story.
Writing style was not for me. A book that never lets you forget you're reading a book, with metaphors that often do not land or convey the feeling I imagine they're trying to.
An anticlimactic and frustrating read.
Writing style was not for me. A book that never lets you forget you're reading a book, with metaphors that often do not land or convey the feeling I imagine they're trying to.
An anticlimactic and frustrating read.