A review by catherineamerica
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.25

In Shark Heart, our journey involves this man turning into a shark and how his world and the world of those around him changes. However, in the universe of the book, people will sometimes mutate into other animals. So instead of this book being about this crazy unique transition, this is just one of those introspective character domestic dramas, which feels almost pedestrian because this woman’s husband is turning into A GREAT WHITE SHARK and instead I gotta deal with the wife going through the stages of grief. The book makes a brief mention of the “pandemic” occurring, a reminder this takes place in our universe, but it doesn’t go into detail and overall I feel it was unnecessary to mention because the author didn’t go into any details of how the totally normal occurrence of people turning into other animals was affected by social distancing or any of the pandemic effects.