A review by mchyczij
Pod: A Novel by Laline Paull

2.0

I was quite intrigued by the premise of “Pod” as an AVID ocean lover who could dive every day if she could. Perhaps this is why I was so disappointed by this book. The cruelty of every character was so confusing to me? Was I supposed to like anyone in this book? The humanization of the dolphins infuriated me, because they’re not human, they’re animals. They were described in a way where their evil acts of rape, abuse, slavery were a dark dark thing (as they are in human life) as opposed to the different dynamics of the animal kingdom. This made me hate each character, and I was never relieved of that feeling in this dark dark novel. I’m not against dark themes, but these did not work for me. I found myself tuning out half way through the book.

My BIGGEST complaint was the amount of characters however. Yes, their storylines converged as I expected them to, but it was NOT worth it. I was confused, annoyed, and bored throughout.

Disappointing!