A review by anywiebs
The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
2.0
I got this book because a friend loved it and it had pirates and sea monsters and a great lesbian romance, according to her.
Unfortunately I struggled with the exacution of almost all of the things. The ideas in the book are interesting, but the execution isn't. If I hadn't trusted in my friend, I wouldn't have made it through the first pages, where a clumsy setting of a background and world is happening.
After a while I got used to the writing more, but every now and again there were jumps in the main character's attitudes and thinking that were just not well introduced.
The promised romance didn't really get started, so it might just bloom into its full potential in the second book - which I am not keen on reading any time soon. Sadly.
It was a fast read, with seamonsters and pirates, so if you can look past the writing, you might like it a lot more than I did.
Unfortunately I struggled with the exacution of almost all of the things. The ideas in the book are interesting, but the execution isn't. If I hadn't trusted in my friend, I wouldn't have made it through the first pages, where a clumsy setting of a background and world is happening.
After a while I got used to the writing more, but every now and again there were jumps in the main character's attitudes and thinking that were just not well introduced.
The promised romance didn't really get started, so it might just bloom into its full potential in the second book - which I am not keen on reading any time soon. Sadly.
It was a fast read, with seamonsters and pirates, so if you can look past the writing, you might like it a lot more than I did.