bibliobecs 's review for:

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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so heartbreaking, the early chapters in this novel really helped me to articulate some of the anxieties i experience on a personal level when i look at the news and see crumbs of fascism slowly seeping into every day life. this feeling like im going crazy because everyone around me is just carrying on as normal when something extremely terrible is going on because no one wants to address it until its too late. the later half of the novel is truly grim and captures the hopelessness and the detrimental effects of being trapped in limbo. 
i am trying to understand the significance of the final line because i understand the sentiment in theory (the sea is life; water = cleansing = rebirth) but it seemed to come out of nowhere for eilish who usually speaks very literally. i interpreted this as her being so bereft of emotions, with nothing left to give but still needing to   convince her daughter that they must carrying on by saying something abstract but inspiring. idk i would love to hear other takes