Nick
This book had a lot of hype behind it, and for good reason. It was very well written and very charming. However, that's about it for me. I did enjoy the beginning and the ending, but the entire meat of the book was very bland. Like The Goonies meets Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls, we have a bunch of old folks who don't want to move and then a shapeshifting mer-person comes to save the day (and have sex with the old lady).
I get that one of the biggest themes of the book is holding onto the past, but the romance stuff was just weird.
The book ends in a very satisfying way. If you're in the same boat as me, please do yourself a favor and finish the dang book!
This book had a lot of hype behind it, and for good reason. It was very well written and very charming. However, that's about it for me. I did enjoy the beginning and the ending, but the entire meat of the book was very bland. Like The Goonies meets Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls, we have a bunch of old folks who don't want to move and then a shapeshifting mer-person comes to save the day (and have sex with the old lady).
I get that one of the biggest themes of the book is holding onto the past, but the romance stuff was just weird.
The book ends in a very satisfying way. If you're in the same boat as me, please do yourself a favor and finish the dang book!