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A review by bookbabe_jazzie
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
4.0
I really enjoyed this book, the world building and the storyline. Now, I will say that the one thing I loved about it the most is that it is a retelling of a Korean folk story "The Tale of Shim Cheong". However, with this story it doesn't follow Shim Cheong but Mina, a girl from a Korean village that is ravaged by storms and death. The story starts with Shim Cheong who is chosen as the year's sacrifice, but Mina, knowing her brother loves Shim and sees her hesitate, throws herself into the sea instead.
She then enters the Spirit Realm and wakes with the mystical Red String of Fate attached to her hand (a ribbon believed to tie a person to his or her destiny). From there the story starts to truly unfold and every page has a new adventure and even shades of mystery of solving who cursed the Sea God.
I definitely think that Axie Oh did an amazing job with taking a folk story and making it her own and keeping her readers locked in and awaiting to see where it all leads.
She then enters the Spirit Realm and wakes with the mystical Red String of Fate attached to her hand (a ribbon believed to tie a person to his or her destiny). From there the story starts to truly unfold and every page has a new adventure and even shades of mystery of solving who cursed the Sea God.
I definitely think that Axie Oh did an amazing job with taking a folk story and making it her own and keeping her readers locked in and awaiting to see where it all leads.