A review by jadesg1
salt slow by Julia Armfield

3.0

I liked this, but I don't think it's going to be for everyone as it's quite abstract and ethereal. My favorite story was probably the one about the girl band, who I read into as mythological sirens of some type who were influencing girls to harm/kill men, and I felt the narrative was the most cohesive. I can absolutely see the influence on Our Wives Under the Sea in the last two stories—it felt like elements from each directly influenced the creation of that novel, which I really liked. Ultimately, I preferred OWUTS, but I am not huge on short story collections unless they're a thematic collection of some type from different authors.