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A review by adelphiereads
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This book embodied the Korean folktale it was trying to portray. But that's coming from someone who's Asian but not Korean. Still, I felt the Asian elements of folktale in it and cultural notions as well.
I love how the writing style made this book so beautiful and yet, there were still heart-wretching/ sob-worthy instances in the story. I love how you can learn so much about life, love and destiny but just reading 200 pages of folktales. Bringing me to what I loved the most about the book and that is the nostalgia it gave me. The feeling of reading a folktale or fairytale or a simple story that were told to children. Stories filled with magical elements and lessons about life and love. In the story's own magical way, I felt like a child again even though I didn't read children's book.
I highly recommend this for people who, like me, has been obsessed with stories since they were children until now. Side note, the internet was right, it has a striking resemblance with the Studio Ghibli movie, "Spirited Away". But it is still a beautiful book on it's own. I can't explain so much of it, you just have to read it to feel the Sea God and his bride's magic.
I love how the writing style made this book so beautiful and yet, there were still heart-wretching/ sob-worthy instances in the story. I love how you can learn so much about life, love and destiny but just reading 200 pages of folktales. Bringing me to what I loved the most about the book and that is the nostalgia it gave me. The feeling of reading a folktale or fairytale or a simple story that were told to children. Stories filled with magical elements and lessons about life and love. In the story's own magical way, I felt like a child again even though I didn't read children's book.
I highly recommend this for people who, like me, has been obsessed with stories since they were children until now. Side note, the internet was right, it has a striking resemblance with the Studio Ghibli movie, "Spirited Away". But it is still a beautiful book on it's own. I can't explain so much of it, you just have to read it to feel the Sea God and his bride's magic.