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A review by jaimeeslitlife
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA is creeping, eerie horror, and a poignant story about love and loss. Chapters of alternating POV tell the story of Leah, a marine biologist who has returned to her wife Miri after a routine submarine expedition gone wrong.
OUR WIVES has a strong feeling of inevitability, of walking toward your own doom and knowing that you don't want to go where you're headed, but being unable to stop. Despite the slow pace, I found myself pulled deep into the fathoms of this story and unable to put it down until I finished.
Julia Armfield is a beautiful writer who knows how to set a MOOD. This is very much a book of vibes and rich metaphor over straightforward plot, in a way that I think made the story much more haunting than if everything was neatly spelled out. The more I think about OUR WIVES, the more I am impressed by it. If this sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend picking it up.
OUR WIVES has a strong feeling of inevitability, of walking toward your own doom and knowing that you don't want to go where you're headed, but being unable to stop. Despite the slow pace, I found myself pulled deep into the fathoms of this story and unable to put it down until I finished.
Julia Armfield is a beautiful writer who knows how to set a MOOD. This is very much a book of vibes and rich metaphor over straightforward plot, in a way that I think made the story much more haunting than if everything was neatly spelled out. The more I think about OUR WIVES, the more I am impressed by it. If this sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend picking it up.