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A review by ielerol
Deep Roots by Ruthanna Emrys
4.0
I didn't love this one quite as much as Winter Tide, but it was still very good. The story is more plot-focused, less interior, but even as the characters felt a lot of pressure to act quickly, most of what the actually do is talk and argue with each other. Honestly I understood that the stakes were high but not quite why acting was so desperately urgent. I really wanted Aphra to take a damn nap and I'm still not sure why she couldn't? None of what was happening seemed immediately irreversible. But maybe I'm underestimating the perception that someone in the FBI or military could order a nuclear attack out of fear as soon as they learned about the Outer Ones.
Early on I kept finding myself asking, "But are the Outer Ones good guys or bad guys?" and the answer is of course, they're people, complicated and messy as all the rest of us.
From the book description I thought there would be more time spent on contacting people with Deep Ones blood and trying to rebuild Innsmouth's community, and there wasn't actually much of that, but I'm still satisfied with the story I did get.
Early on I kept finding myself asking, "But are the Outer Ones good guys or bad guys?" and the answer is of course, they're people, complicated and messy as all the rest of us.
From the book description I thought there would be more time spent on contacting people with Deep Ones blood and trying to rebuild Innsmouth's community, and there wasn't actually much of that, but I'm still satisfied with the story I did get.