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A review by larvaeya
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
Didn't expect this to be sooo sexual damn
I loved how real all the characters felt. Even Theo felt real somehow. Very poetic writing. Never read/thought about the void, the nothingness that way. That whatever fantasy you get to live youll get bored of it some day and crave more and more until it literally devours you.
I think this book touches on a lot of important topics. The need to have something to love and to love you but not wanting it anymore when it gets too real.
Knowing something will destroy you, is destroying you, seeing it destroy your friends, yet still craving the very same thing. How impossible it is to survive the in 21st century.
The mythical aspects (Theo being a merman) felt a little unbelievable at first. Like, how can a merman talk normally to a human? How did he date multiple humans before but noone found out about him? At first, there was a lot of backstory missing for me but it made so much sense in the end. Was Theo ever real? Was he really a merman? Did Lucy imagine it all? We shall never know.
I found the ending a tad predictable, kinda knew dominic was gonna die and lucy wont go with theo. but i really didnt think her sister would forgive her, let alone let her continue living at her place.
But i do lovelove love that lucy got the happy ending she deserves - to feel the nothingness. Feel her emotions and be okay with that.
Definitely a book I'll be thinking about the next few weeks
I loved how real all the characters felt. Even Theo felt real somehow. Very poetic writing. Never read/thought about the void, the nothingness that way. That whatever fantasy you get to live youll get bored of it some day and crave more and more until it literally devours you.
I think this book touches on a lot of important topics. The need to have something to love and to love you but not wanting it anymore when it gets too real.
Knowing something will destroy you, is destroying you, seeing it destroy your friends, yet still craving the very same thing. How impossible it is to survive the in 21st century.
I found the ending a tad predictable, kinda knew dominic was gonna die and lucy wont go with theo. but i really didnt think her sister would forgive her, let alone let her continue living at her place.
But i do lovelove love that lucy got the happy ending she deserves - to feel the nothingness. Feel her emotions and be okay with that.
Definitely a book I'll be thinking about the next few weeks