Desdemona and the Deep

I have a thing where I read the first few pages of all the books I get from the library at a time to get a sense for which one calls to be read next. Sometimes I feel like the book is not to my liking. So to give it another chance before discarding, I jump to the end to read the last chapter.

So glad I did in this case because I loved the ending of this book and so knew I had to start over at the beginning. I still struggled with the opening chapter but now had some context for the characters which helped.

From there I finished the book within a day. Such wonderful world building and such a sense of belonging for those of us who feel at times out of place in this world of ours.

TL:DR If the opening does not pull you in, read on a bit more to give it a bit more line to reel you in.