Review by isabellemay14 - Our Wives Under the Sea

isabellemay14 's review for:

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

3.5

dark emotional sad tense 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: Yes

This book follows the POVs of Leah, who is trapped in a submarine at the bottom of the ocean trying to survive and maintain her sanity, and Miri, who is caring for a traumatized Leah after her return to land despite the growing sense that her wife did not return quite right. Both perspectives establish the book’s overall eerie and ominous vibes in different but complementary ways, leaving the reader also with the overwhelming sense that not everything is as it seems. I did find the ending to be a bit anticlimactic and I wished the mystery aspect had been delved into more, because it was set up and developed so fantastically but then you were left with a lot of unanswered questions regarding what exactly happened in the submarine and why.

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