Short AF Book Review | Our Wives Under The Sea

Hi friends! So today I'm going to be doing a review on "Our Wives Under The Sea" by Julia Armfield. This review is going to be short and sweet (like the title suggests) and spoiler free (however there will be the Goodreads synopsis in this and sometimes it can contain spoilers so please keep that in mind!)

"Our Wives Under The Sea ia the haunting novel from Julia Armfield, 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. But it soon becomes clear 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.

Memories of what they had before - the jokes they shared, the films they watched, all the small things that made Leah hers - only reminded Miri of what she stands to lose. Living in the same space but suddenly seperate, Miri comes to realise that the life they had might be gone."

So the reason I wanted to read this book is honestly because this has been pushed forward as such a good queer horror book on booktok. Friends, I was very 50/50 with this one. This book certainly was interesting enough to keep me reading. The writing was beautiful, flowery, truly heartbreaking at times and continuously left me wanting more. I love that we got the dual perspective of both Miri in the present tense and Leah in the submarine, giving us the context of what they're both currently going through and have been through. I loved the raw emotion throughout the majority of this book. So why was I 50/50? I wanted my questions answered and simply put, they just weren't. I'm sure there's meant to be a metaphor to the unknown, but your girl just either isn't that smart or the metaphor truly isn't making sense, and unfortunately for me the unanswered of it all was a huge let down. Personally, as much as this kept me interested throughout, the ending just wasn't worth it. 

I gave this book a 3/5 star rating on Goodreads.

What did you think of this book? Who were your favourite or least favourite characters? Do you have any books you'd recommend for me to read and do a review on? Please let me know down in the comments below!

Have a wonderful day!

Love, Doe!