Our Wives Under the Sea

| | blog | tumblr | ko-fi | | 2 ½ damp stars (rounded up because i really really really wanted to love this) “The deep sea is a haunted house: a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness.” The cover, title, premise, and early hype around this novel made me think that I......more

I loved reading this book. I read this during my commutes and was absolutely absorbed from the beginning, which is a rare but great experience. This will have a niche audience for sure - it’s very slow and filled with long paragraphs, so it’s not for everyone, but it really hit for me and I was imme......more

sapphic literary horror with a gorgeous cover...i like all of these words. and the point of this book is: the ocean is scary! i find all of the great unknowns frightening: the deep sea. space. the figurative one. my own self. in fact, they're a lot scarier than anything else. all of the most wicked an......more

This was a beautiful, exquisitely slow and odd little story. I'm excited for this to find its niche audience, but weary of it inevitably becoming referred to as "overhyped" once it does.......more

Devastatingly sad! Thanks!......more