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thyfrankie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail
loftycomet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Dolphin fan fic
Dolphin fan fic
Fish fan fic
Dolphin fan fic
Fish fan fic
The devastating effect of humans on the ocean
Fish fan fic
Dolphin fan fic
Good god i did not need to read this much about fish and dolphins having sex not to mention this felt clumsily written and their actions felt disjointed,
Also please stop referring to large groups of fish/ cetaceans as people
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
builtoutofbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, and Death of parent
luchacabra's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault
4morris4's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
ketreads's review against another edition
0.25
I would not have finished this book for anything less than the May Fantasy Fellowship Readathon. I complainted incessantly on the group chat just to drag myself through the whole thing.
The main character/s of this book are Dolphins and while it does have some PoVs outside of these two, it mostly revolves around these main two. Sad to say, these extra PoVs were often distracting and sometimes outright pointless. At some points the book SEEMED to have some form of connection to the reader (mostly in the form of Google the military trained dolphin) only to have this pulled out from under you by the many competing voices throughout. Ea is by far the most central character and yet we're given very little development leading up to the inciting incident, only for it to fall a part very soon after.
The writing style at first felt lyrical and an interesting way to use animal communication methods (having all dialogue take place through clicks, waves, or other italic font) but said dialogue is bland and often felt juvinile. The story felt confusingly pointless as well as adding in too many details that had little to no impact on the story itself or felt as though it had no real build up to feel satisfying.
My main gripe is that this book featured as LOT of rape. Like, A LOT.
If you remove the fact that these characters are dolphins, this book is 70% about rape. The anthropomorphism of the majority of characters ended up ruining the little this book had going for it (a unique PoV). We're subjected to this for the majority of the books run time and I genuienly struggled.
The worst part about this is the book was also boring. The inciting incident, character arcs, and multiple PoVs end up having very little impact on the story at all.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
ottinye's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Blood
aoiferyan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Murder
berodatheelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury