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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
ank3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
julesreadsstuff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
bookbinbaby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Colonisation
rheagoveas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Murder
beebeewin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
elerireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
kwahl's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
booking_along's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
i see why people love it and i can see why people don’t.
it’s brutally honest and how’s a direct view into how the marine life is effected by humanity in different ways - but all of them destroying and killing the marine wild life in some way either directly or indirectly.
so this isn’t a light fun read but a brutal one.
but one that needs to be told that way.
so i can see why some people read this and are horrified by how it is written and describes some moments or how they… well not like since it’s brutal and horrific but that this book does what really happen justice and because of that is very well done.
as someone extremely invested in marine life and wanting to help in any way i can… i expected to love this.
and in some ways i was blown away by how the author managed to tell this story as she does.
but at the same time… i don’t like the humanization of the animals. i didn’t enjoy reading the thoughts and “hearing” the animals talk with each other in the same ways that humans would.
and that might sound weird but i but i can’t explain it better than that.
i just would have liked a more nonfiction fiction writing style as an observer that sees the different behavior in Ea and all the other things and tries to understand… i don’t know.
i just didn’t love reading about dolphins and whales that thinks like a human.
i don’t even know if it’s just because i wasn’t in the right mindset or if the writing style just doesn’t work for me but something just kept annoying me with this book and it’s story it just never became this great story to me that it could be.
i wanted to read this and love this but sadly it didn’t work out like that. at least not for me.
but i do think that this book can work for a lot of people and that anyone that thinks this looks interesting should try it.
and it’s wonderful that this book became short listed for the “women price for fiction” because hopefully more people will read it because of that and will learn and see the horrors that the oceans and the inhabitants of it go through.
which certainly is something more people need to learn and hear more about!
so i do recommend this book.
even if it didn’t work for me personally as i had hoped.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
izzzzzzie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Violence, and Murder