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A review by thevampirelestat
Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai

dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

I smoothed the rough bits between the dangling flaps of bifurcated tail, trying to conceal the damage I had done, pretend it was part of the original design. Oooohhhh, sighed the thing. It began to breathe.

I really wanted this to be a five star read for me but it is a bit too discombobulating.. I personally had a hard time deciding what to focus on and the ending fell a bit flat. But there's some really amazing prose and concepts here and I was engaged but for some reason I could not visualize nor really get into the sections with Miranda, I really preferred Nu Wa's portions