Our Wives Under the Sea

Hardcover, 228 pages

English language

Published July 12, 2022 by Flatiron Books.

ISBN:
978-1-250-22989-2
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4 stars (4 reviews)

Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night.

As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.

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A sad story about queers

4 stars

So this is good and also sad. Also a little boring. But not as boring as it could be. It does have exciting moments and things do happen, just, they are small in all this stuckness.

I'm sure you can read this as a metaphor for the impact of trauma on queer relationships. Maybe I half do. But also. It's about submarines and unknowable threats and soft domesticity and fun facts about the sea.

Durchwachsen. Atmosphärisch aber nicht wirklich berührend.

3 stars

Content warning Meta spoiler, nehmen aber das Ende vorweg

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4 stars