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A review by dckathleen
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The premise is great, there are humans with various animal mutations which slowly or quickly turn them into that animal. Our main character's husband is turning into a shark in the year after their wedding. It's a good metaphor for long term illness or other cataclysmic things that shift our relationships with those we love. How do you love someone who is turning into a cartilagenous apex predator? What lengths do you go to? What is their life like afterwards?
Where the book lost it's way for me was in the telling of our main character's childhood. I see how the author was trying to reveal the story, but some things didn't hang together for me. Still a great book.
Where the book lost it's way for me was in the telling of our main character's childhood. I see how the author was trying to reveal the story, but some things didn't hang together for me. Still a great book.