A review by kerasalwaysreading
At Sea by Emma Fedor

3.0

This is a story that glaringly parallels what I thought it was going to be. I wanted a good magical realism story with strong, capable characters. And while the book was arguably good, the aspects I wanted in it, the things from the synopsis that I was led to believe it would have, were just not there.

Instead, our main protagonist, Cara is the kind of female lead that I just don’t like. Blinded by a love that never seemed fully plausible in the first place.

I wanted more of a sci-fi plot. I wanted it to unapologetically go there… it wasn’t what I was hoping for but I do love when books can mix mental health and magical realism in this abstract way in which both are kind of represented without giving you a clear and definitive answer.

This synopsis was absolutely for me… the book itself was not.