I dnf at 40%. 

Not that the story isn't interesting or that it is badly written because it's not. But the first 20/30% are slow and thick infodump about sea navigation, fishing boat and wale fishing (I applaud the amount of research done here, it definitely shows,  but I had to search for the meaning of too much technical terms to keep my attention on the plot. Too detailed on the navigation, boat and fishing technics and not enough focus on the character development and the plot for my tastes) before things are starting to move slowly toward the folk tale elements and the plot, around 30/35% and it was still too little. 

I still recommend people to try it as it seems a beautiful and dark story and there has been something tickling my curiosity from the begining, but for me, not enought to keep me going. And I didn't manage to root for the character so I struggled to keep going. But as I said, definitely a question of taste. It definitely can work with other readers. 

This cover is awesome also 🥰