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Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
2.5
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For me, this book was a slog. If you like a charcater-based, introspective book that’s an allegory more than it is a plot, you will absolutely love this. It was very well-written, just decidedly not my cup of tea. I wanted more monsters and less… whatever this was making a statement about grief.