A review by lnluck13
The Mermaid Girl: A Story by Erika Swyler
3.0
I was blessed enough to receive this in a giveaway, so, first, thank you to the publisher and author for sending this my way!
I liked the flow of it (sorry for the pun), and the language was never too flowery or too weak, but just right so that it was natural. Sometimes, the analogies were too severe or blunt, but my main problem with it was that I felt that I got a lot of hints of the total story, but, with the shift in perspective, it started feeling like I was a bit too out of the loop to enjoy the "mystery" of the hints. There needed to be a little something more to make me invested in the story. I like a story that doesn't directly tell you everything, but there needs to be something to make you care for the characters. I think that it was on track to do that, but it didn't quite get there for me.
Overall, I really did like it! 3.5☆
I liked the flow of it (sorry for the pun), and the language was never too flowery or too weak, but just right so that it was natural. Sometimes, the analogies were too severe or blunt, but my main problem with it was that I felt that I got a lot of hints of the total story, but, with the shift in perspective, it started feeling like I was a bit too out of the loop to enjoy the "mystery" of the hints. There needed to be a little something more to make me invested in the story. I like a story that doesn't directly tell you everything, but there needs to be something to make you care for the characters. I think that it was on track to do that, but it didn't quite get there for me.
Overall, I really did like it! 3.5☆