A review by libraryofthieves
Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan

Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

DNF @ 17%

This book had such an intriguing concept and I was really excited for it but it just didn’t live up for me.

I was really confused the whole time - it felt like I had been dropped into the middle of a story. It was just too much happening all at once at the start with no explanation or world building to set it up.

I think it could have been really great if there was more time spent developing the world and characters and other aspects were streamlined. I found all the different folk very confusing. I know they’re based on different mythologies, but if you’re not familiar with all of them, you’re left not knowing anything about them. We don’t even get physical descriptions when one is named. This just added to the confusion of the book because we’re given names for things we don’t understand in the greater context of the world.

This might work for others but I didn’t have the patience to keep going. It was a really interesting idea though so maybe I’ll give it another shot one day.

I received an ARC of this book for an honest review.