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caseythereader 's review for:
Salt the Water
by Candice Iloh
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thanks to PRH Audio for the free copy of this book.
- Okay, this review is going to have major spoilers but there’s no other way I can talk about this book.
- I adored the first 3/4 of this book. Iloh brings Cerulean and their messy emotions to life so effortlessly. I liked that this book tackled the small, everyday ways marginalized kids are dehumanized by those in power over them.
- But the last 20% or so of the book was very confusing to me. There’s suddenly a perspective change and a huge time jump, and we find out that in that skipped time Cerulean made a decision that to me didn’t fit with everything we knew about them. And then the book ends, without any exploration of why or what happened to them. I really just can’t fathom why this narrative decision was made in an otherwise excellent book.
- Okay, this review is going to have major spoilers but there’s no other way I can talk about this book.
- I adored the first 3/4 of this book. Iloh brings Cerulean and their messy emotions to life so effortlessly. I liked that this book tackled the small, everyday ways marginalized kids are dehumanized by those in power over them.
- But the last 20% or so of the book was very confusing to me. There’s suddenly a perspective change and a huge time jump, and we find out that in that skipped time Cerulean made a decision that to me didn’t fit with everything we knew about them. And then the book ends, without any exploration of why or what happened to them. I really just can’t fathom why this narrative decision was made in an otherwise excellent book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia