Our Wives Under the Sea
Ratings267
Average rating3.8
Kind of like Peter Watts's Starfish, but after they get back home, if it was less about what actually happened and more about the state of their relationship. Which is to say, I guess, not very similar. It was a bit more “lit” than I prefer, with a focus on somewhat dysfunctional relationships.
The premise going in was excitingly eerie but it didn't develop much past that.
That said, the writing itself was not bad, and I found myself enjoying and noting down several lines that were particularly clever, cool or funny. I also suspect some of the greater themes went over my head.
Anyway, if you want creepy deep sea people but hard sci-fi, try Starfish.
Kind of like Peter Watts's Starfish, but after they get back home, if it was less about what actually happened and more about the state of their relationship. Which is to say, I guess, not very similar. It was a bit more “lit” than I prefer, with a focus on somewhat dysfunctional relationships.
The premise going in was excitingly eerie but it didn't develop much past that.
That said, the writing itself was not bad, and I found myself enjoying and noting down several lines that were particularly clever, cool or funny. I also suspect some of the greater themes went over my head.
Anyway, if you want creepy deep sea people but hard sci-fi, try Starfish.
Once I remembered that this is more literary fiction than sci-fi, I loved it.
Once I remembered that this is more literary fiction than sci-fi, I loved it.
Once I remembered that this is more literary fiction than sci-fi, I loved it.
Once I remembered that this is more literary fiction than sci-fi, I loved it.
