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roadtripreader 's review for:
The Mermaid of Black Conch
by Monique Roffey
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Okay but why are a whole ton of merfolk-human love stories (not counting the new wave or Spicy Romances) always so ... not tragic exactly but more like pit-in-the-stomach alongside joy kinda feeling? If not outright tragic, there's this feeling of losing something even when love is gained. Other times is a big obvious chunk of loss you can point at. And it's weird because I can almost sense when one of these stories is going to end in that way of "you get your cake but you lose all the cutlery and the people to eat it with" vibe.
David and Aycayia(the Thousand year Old Red Mermaid). Well, instinct told me not to get attached. Attached I went and got and now look at me. Ugly crying over snacks. Unacceptable.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
You know it's not ending well when you relive the best of the Mermaid encounter via the main protagonists journal he decides to write in his old age.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Yeah I'm not sure if I enjoyed David's pov in his journals after double-checking the author's identity. I found myself starting to Talk like him to my dogs and that was a nope for me. I've settled on meh...moving on. But it was pretty memorable because I had a hankering for jerk chicken, wanted to listen to Damien Junior Gong Marley and even watch Top Boy (the last one had maybe less to do with the book).
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene:
The siren loves the guitar. Cute.😍
"She hadn’t heard music for a long time, maybe a thousand years, and she was irresistibly drawn up to the surface, real slow and real interested.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “When I see her first, I reckon she come from some half-space in God’s great order, like she was from a time when all creatures were getting designed. She was from when fish was leaving the sea behind, growing legs, turning into reptiles. She was a creature that never make it to land.” (In his own words, David's mermaid )
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Taino/Indigenous Mermaid
■Hurricane Rosamund
■Black Conch
■ Guanayoa
■Mermfolk are heavy AF
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Romance Books by 2025
David and Aycayia(the Thousand year Old Red Mermaid). Well, instinct told me not to get attached. Attached I went and got and now look at me. Ugly crying over snacks. Unacceptable.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
You know it's not ending well when you relive the best of the Mermaid encounter via the main protagonists journal he decides to write in his old age.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Yeah I'm not sure if I enjoyed David's pov in his journals after double-checking the author's identity. I found myself starting to Talk like him to my dogs and that was a nope for me. I've settled on meh...moving on. But it was pretty memorable because I had a hankering for jerk chicken, wanted to listen to Damien Junior Gong Marley and even watch Top Boy (the last one had maybe less to do with the book).
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene:
The siren loves the guitar. Cute.😍
"She hadn’t heard music for a long time, maybe a thousand years, and she was irresistibly drawn up to the surface, real slow and real interested.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “When I see her first, I reckon she come from some half-space in God’s great order, like she was from a time when all creatures were getting designed. She was from when fish was leaving the sea behind, growing legs, turning into reptiles. She was a creature that never make it to land.” (In his own words, David's mermaid )
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Taino/Indigenous Mermaid
■Hurricane Rosamund
■Black Conch
■ Guanayoa
■Mermfolk are heavy AF
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Romance Books by 2025