A review by skywalkersyd
Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh
Did not finish book.
All the stars in the universe were aligned for me to LOVE this book and yet here we are, at a DNF.
The beginning of this book was captivating and the setting held a tremendously dark atmosphere. It made me excited for everything to come. But this book failed to deliver on any levels.
Let's just build a check box shall we:
Insta-love ✔️
Dragging plot ✔️
Zero character development ✔️
AND most of all let me just say it because it's the reason I finally threw in the towel with this thing.
The total lack of mermaids!!!!!
Which tbh was the main reason I had such mad hype for this book!!!!
I so wanted to read a story set in the early 20th century that was dark and mysterious with a male mermaid like yes sounds good give me that. I just want answers towards why making the male protagonist half horse half fish sounded like a good idea to anyone?
I feel like I've never written such a harsh review before but I'm just so very disappointed in what this book could of been, especially because the cover is absolutely stunning and the overall mystery was so intriguing considering I usually hate mystery books.
I'm so salty. And I definitely do fear the drowning deep, but mainly cause it sucks.
The beginning of this book was captivating and the setting held a tremendously dark atmosphere. It made me excited for everything to come. But this book failed to deliver on any levels.
Let's just build a check box shall we:
Insta-love ✔️
Dragging plot ✔️
Zero character development ✔️
AND most of all let me just say it because it's the reason I finally threw in the towel with this thing.
Spoiler
The total lack of mermaids!!!!!
Which tbh was the main reason I had such mad hype for this book!!!!
I so wanted to read a story set in the early 20th century that was dark and mysterious with a male mermaid like yes sounds good give me that. I just want answers towards why making the male protagonist half horse half fish sounded like a good idea to anyone?
I feel like I've never written such a harsh review before but I'm just so very disappointed in what this book could of been, especially because the cover is absolutely stunning and the overall mystery was so intriguing considering I usually hate mystery books.
I'm so salty. And I definitely do fear the drowning deep, but mainly cause it sucks.