A review by jourdanicus
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
This book has some of the best imagined and described monsters I've personally read. Especially as someone who watched a lot of Disney as a kid, I was so excited to read about mermaids as monsters, and this book absolutely came through in that regard. Unfortunately I didn't feel like I could connect much with the characters, and I'm a very character-driven reader, so I did struggle there. I did really appreciate the inclusivity of disabled, Deaf, gay/bi, autistic, and POC characters - that's often apparently too much to ask from some authors, and Grant wrote in characters of different backgrounds without a second thought. It also did feel difficult for me to get through the book at times as I felt some aspects of the plot were being over-explained or mentioned with unnecessary repetition. Ultimately I am glad I finished this book; I will definitely not be forgetting Grant's mermaids/sirens any time soon. I would recommend this to anyone who loves monster horror and who is maybe a faster reader than me and can put away an almost-500 page book with more ease than I can.
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