mancolepig 's review for:

Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel

3.0

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As long as this book is, I actually wish it was longer. We get an interesting look with characters that look somewhat like muppets set in beautiful and haunting settings, and we get a fascinating mermaid lore in the backstory, but there seems to be something missing. I think one issue is the development of the relationship between Captain Twain and the mermaid, he simply tells us about it, we only get glimpses of them growing closer. The author had a lot in this story that doesn't really get the full coverage it deserves, but it's still a fun, creepy tale.