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A review by aileen_macalister
Pod by Laline Paull
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
How would I describe this book to someone in one sentence?
Dolphin fanfic with an important underlying message and an overtone of sex and violence
SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT
The writing itself is so good! And it's such an interesting subject to cover, how mankind's actions have affected the balance of nature, but it was so hard to get past the amount of times this book describes in detail dolphin sex
It's the circle of life and all that but it was so distracting from the message of the book. The themes of the book are interlaced
1. Eco-fiction/Climate change
2. Feminism
It was an interesting take and one I'll be mulling over for a long time I'm sure. About half way through it I stopped thinking about these dolphins as dolphins and more an ancient alien race, stop me before I fall into conspiracy
The main character is "not like other girls" and when she leaves the safety of her pod because she has internalided her own flaws she is cap ured and then horribly abused on a number of occasions by other dolphins from another pod but she seems to just gloss over this fact. She becomes more comfortable and at home with her captures than she was at home which was very jarring.
All together a weird experience.
Dolphin fanfic with an important underlying message and an overtone of sex and violence
SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT
The writing itself is so good! And it's such an interesting subject to cover, how mankind's actions have affected the balance of nature, but it was so hard to get past the amount of times this book describes in detail dolphin sex
It's the circle of life and all that but it was so distracting from the message of the book. The themes of the book are interlaced
1. Eco-fiction/Climate change
2. Feminism
It was an interesting take and one I'll be mulling over for a long time I'm sure. About half way through it I stopped thinking about these dolphins as dolphins and more an ancient alien race, stop me before I fall into conspiracy
The main character is "not like other girls" and when she leaves the safety of her pod because she has internalided her own flaws she is cap ured and then horribly abused on a number of occasions by other dolphins from another pod but she seems to just gloss over this fact. She becomes more comfortable and at home with her captures than she was at home which was very jarring.
All together a weird experience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail