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surdzzz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gore, Alcoholism, and War
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide
Minor: Rape
foolishfish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Car accident, War, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Medical content
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
larvaeya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Really enjoyed this book even tho it smh took me over a month to finish it.
Graphic: Addiction, War, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Gun violence, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Blood, and Death
astoriareader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
- In a desolate, small town, the reader gets to know the narrator. Is the narrator actually a mermaid or out of her mind?
- Unnamed narrator believes she is a mermaid. Her father, who walked into the sea & was never seen again, told her she was a mermaid.
- She falls in love with an older man, Jude, who is a veteran. Jude suffers from PTSD & alcoholism.
- Wow, this one blew me away.
- A short (roughly 200 pgs), bleak read.
- Lyrical & poetic writing.
- Themes: unrequited love, coping mechanisms, grief, obsessive love, inability to process trauma, abandonment by a parent.
- Excellent character development.
- Told in 1st person POV.
- Atmospheric and can easily visualize the setting.
- Loved the author’s incorporation of words & the characters’ interest in language, definitions, and word choice.
- Felt really connected to the narrator. Readers can really feel how isolated and alienated she feels.
- I enjoyed the side characters, especially the grandfather.
Graphic: War, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
aleareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: War and Alcoholism
joe_dmh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: War and Alcoholism
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death of parent
mkwheelock's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Murder
Minor: War and Miscarriage
dragonfiddler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: War, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship
loujanae's review against another edition
2.0
But overall, either some litfic is just a bit too much up its own ass for my tastes or... This wasn't that good. Maybe both.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, War, Grief, Sexual content, Ableism, Alcohol, and Death of parent
kenzieburns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
- Wanting a love so bad that it twists you/changes who you are
- Not knowing who you are in the absence of someone else (here, the narrator's father)
- Duty versus desire
Graphic: War and Schizophrenia/Psychosis