mystywitch 's review for:

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really wanted to like this book and understand why people give it 5 stars. But I just can't. 
Miri rambles on too much and during Leah's POV

we never find out what exactly was down there

The story feels like it drags, or I suppose submerges, very...very slowly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief