A review by emmalouisereads
Pod by Laline Paull

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I found this book difficult to get into at first, there’s a lot of characters introduced in the beginning.

It’s not like The Bees, which I enjoyed more because it was very much from the perspective of one bee. We only knew what the bee knew. This book wandered around between different sea creatures and as a result lost a bit of the unique storytelling the bees had.

There’s a lot of sexual assault in this book - which if you know anything about dolphins should be expected. But I found it difficult in a way one might not expect - as obviously it is dolphins and not humans. You’re very much in the mind of the animals as they experience pain and it’s not pleasant to read.

Certainly worth a read, it’s surprisingly tense and emotively portrays the devastating effects of pollution at sea and overfishing. It’s a book that’ll stay with me.
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