A review by bexxhenders
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

When something bad is actually happening, it’s easy to underreact, because a part of you is wired to assume it isn’t real. When you stop underreacting, the horror is unique because it is, unfortunately, endless.

I have been in a reading slump for months, and I knew by the end of the first page that this book would be the one to pull me out of it. And that it did, in less than 24 hours! I was immediately hooked by Julia Armfield's poetic writing style, which gave us such a beautiful and haunting story about love, loss, and grief. My only issue was the plot holes—I wish we had a few more answers. BUT, I also get why they were there and it probably wouldn't have packed the same emotional punch had everything been so neatly packaged for us. It's a brilliant, moving, thought-provoking read I know I'll be thinking about for some time.
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