A review by mattgjohnson
Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Dude this was so dense with ideas i might read it twice more.  It's funny- there are symbols and motiffs (tons of sea stuff, ghosts, strays, liminality, electricity, wrecks,  man/woman archetypes, vegetarianism, paths, urban/rural stuff, a sorta frame poem, cages, sirens...) or whatever all over the place, but it's not really an allegory or decideable or anything-  the payoffs are just like moods and variations on the central dark sea monster theme.  Also the Roma-ness is more entertaining here than in the movie Roma for what it's worth.