A review by sophieecook
The Seas by Samantha Hunt

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

some books are just on another level, and this is one of them. The Seas is a surreal novel that the reader is never fully sure of, with the mother of all unreliable narrators. Hunt explores the feeling of loneliness and a chronic lack of belonging through the unnamed narrators complex relationship with the sea; the span of emotional and physical intimacy explored is immense. the writing style is unlike anything else, and i was hooked fully from the beginning. it’s impossible to explain this book due to its abstract nature, but the impact it will have on me is very real. i knew it would be good when i saw maggie nelson wrote the foreword; my girl maggie would never lead me astray.