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A review by mairispaceship
The Fish by Joanne Stubbs
3.0
I wanted to enjoy this a lot more than I did. It had such a strong premise and quirky sci-fi adjacent set up. I mean fish start walking out of the sea and crawl up onto land. Sign me up! But having read it, I'm not so sure
The story centres around three narratives - first, a gay couple in Cornwall growing rice in their garden, second an expat American missionary in Kuala Lumpur, third two teenage boys in New Zealand. It has a lot of unique moments where it speaks critically about climate change through storytelling. The book starts off strong, and the 'fish' narrative arc throughout is great! But the rest of the book left a lot to be desired. Some of the character arcs felt underdeveloped, and there were a lot of story threads that were building up to something but then left loose.
It was like when you need to sneeze then don't.
Rated 2.5 stars, rounded up 3 stars out of respect to the author.
The story centres around three narratives - first, a gay couple in Cornwall growing rice in their garden, second an expat American missionary in Kuala Lumpur, third two teenage boys in New Zealand. It has a lot of unique moments where it speaks critically about climate change through storytelling. The book starts off strong, and the 'fish' narrative arc throughout is great! But the rest of the book left a lot to be desired. Some of the character arcs felt underdeveloped, and there were a lot of story threads that were building up to something but then left loose.
It was like when you need to sneeze then don't.
Rated 2.5 stars, rounded up 3 stars out of respect to the author.