Our Wives under the Sea

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978-1-5290-9957-7
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4 stars (4 reviews)

Our Wives Under The Sea is the haunting debut novel from Julia Armfiled, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It's a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea.

Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home.

To have the woman she loves back should mean a return to normal life, but Miri can feel Leah slipping from her grasp. Memories of what they had before - the jokes they shared, the films they watched, all the small …

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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