One of the overwhelming feelings in the book is loneliness and isolation. For Leah this was quite literal, being trapped as she was and all three of them struggling with the situation in different ways. For Miri it was much more on an emotional level. Leah was there, in body if not in mind, and she had friends to call on. But she didn’t. And this is something that makes her character more interesting, but less likeable. She’s struggling, but doing nothing to help herself.

In both situations the characters are almost haunted by a world outside of the one they find themselves stuck in, a world they’re not quite a part of. Leah with the mysterious noises of something in the ocean around the submarine, and Miri with the constant sound of the neighbour’s television as a constant companion.

A longer review can be read on my book blog: Marvel at Words.