megpadams's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
I wanted to love this book so badly. I pre ordered it because the cover was so beautiful and it sounded intriguing. Sadly, it just didn’t deliver.
It was definitely an enjoyable read, but it missed on all the points I was looking for; the suspense and the eldritch horror of a leviathan. I think my expectations were probably too high.
I’d recommend this book for fans of The Essex Serpent or Karen Maitland’s books.
It was definitely an enjoyable read, but it missed on all the points I was looking for; the suspense and the eldritch horror of a leviathan. I think my expectations were probably too high.
Spoiler
Also, I really didn’t like how Andrew’s made Milton’s blindness some sort of demon curse by having the Leviathan grant him a mystical vision and leading to Paradise Lost. Can’t we just have a normal blind person for once? Why does it always have to be mystica? <\spoiler>I’d recommend this book for fans of The Essex Serpent or Karen Maitland’s books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and War
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