A review by jillselwyn
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Short and sweet, Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield manages to make you feel so much within its range of just under 300 pages. It doesn’t try to hide its deeper themes of grief and loss, while at the same time building up the suspense to the point of intense unease, even on the last page leaving you wondering (though its completely possible for you to have a brief cry first) what really happened under the sea, and the absolute horror at the realization that Julia Armfield has left you to fill in the blanks and lurking in all the reddit and goodreads threads, leaving it lingering in your mind for weeks - if not months, to come.