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A review by tiedyedude
Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel
2.25
A steamboat captain saves an injured mermaid, but her situation isn't as innocent as it seems, and the boat's owner's promiscuity is a front for a much more complex secret.
What a wasted set-up!
Aside from this beautiful imprint under the dust jacket, I didn't like much about this book. The art was such a mixed bag. The main character looked like a muppet, and it was very off-putting considering the talent displayed in other aspects.
The story kinda sucked until around Page 300, but then it totally flubbed the ending. Despite how horny the book is, I never felt like the main character had feelings towards the mermaid or that he was anything other than supportive of his wife until he suddenly did and was? Once he followed the mermaid underwater, I was really interested, but then everything ended very quickly, and the coda was unnecessarily vague.
There are glimpses of good art and an fascinating story, but there was just too much mundanity in the beginning and an unsatisfying conclusion.
What a wasted set-up!
Aside from this beautiful imprint under the dust jacket, I didn't like much about this book. The art was such a mixed bag. The main character looked like a muppet, and it was very off-putting considering the talent displayed in other aspects.
The story kinda sucked until around Page 300, but then it totally flubbed the ending. Despite how horny the book is, I never felt like the main character had feelings towards the mermaid or that he was anything other than supportive of his wife until he suddenly did and was? Once he followed the mermaid underwater, I was really interested, but then everything ended very quickly, and the coda was unnecessarily vague.
There are glimpses of good art and an fascinating story, but there was just too much mundanity in the beginning and an unsatisfying conclusion.