Picture of the book cover, showing the face of a white woman distorted by dripping streams of water

My #RecentRead*
#OurWivesUnderTheSea by #JuliaArmfield

*books I’ve really liked/loved

The immersive, abstract narrative style is right up my alley, and the engagement with characters and relationships was perfectly balanced with the surrealist aspects of the book. It was creepy, cosy, and page-turning.

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Gave a really long writeup of what I just finished reading over on my Insta, it was a trip. Absolutely was not ready for the massive gut punch Julia Armfield delivered me.

If you wanna read more check it out here:
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Ok, this is a weird book.

Do we like weird?

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I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness, that there were places in the world one could go and be alone....the error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could go, rather than somewhere you had to be left. #booksky
#TheWriteWomen

finished #ourwivesunderthesea

what the actual fuck was that.
WOMEN LOSING WOMEN.
i am so fucking sad for miri.
what the hell was that creature.
why did they send the crew there.
why, why, why, why
what happened to matteo.
why did she become THAT. WHY DID SHE BECOME THAT.

Our wives under the sea by Julia Armfield

#OurWivesUnderTheSea is a heartwrenching and emotionally real speculative novel which traps us inside the heads of its two leads like someone trapped in a failing submarine.

Pros
Beautiful prose
Emotional writing
Strong and deep characters

Cons
I desired more world building!

💙📚

3 Favorite Books in 2024:

#TheWeddingPeople is in a genre I don’t usually rush to pick up but I genuinely laughed out loud so many times.

#TheBrightSword was captivating for anyone who grew up fascinated by Arthurian legend.

#OurWivesUnderTheSea was haunting and I finally *get* Eldritch horror

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A slow start but then Our Wives Under The Sea becomes unputdownable. It's a strange & beguiling read. A must-read for any other sea lovers.

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#bookrecommendation
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The cover of Julia Armfield's book "Our Wives Under the Sea", which shows a woman's face partially obscured by water

I am reading #JuliaArmfield's #OurWivesUndertheSea and it is beautiful, desperate and utterly heartbreaking.
Anyone else read and enjoyed it?
NB I've not finished it yet, so no spoilers, pls.

A copy of Julia Armfield's novel Private Rites

I loved #ourwivesunderthesea by Julia Armfield and now I also love Private Rites: weird, watery, queer, apocalyptical re-imagining of King Lear. WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE. Guaranteed to give you strange dreams 10 / 10.

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Books my family picked out for me for my birthday.

#myfavoritethingismonsters #emilferris #beowulfanewtranslation #mariadahvanaheadley #monaawad #bunny #neverwhistleatnight #jonklassen #theskull #juliaarmfield #ourwivesunderthesea #shanehawk #theodorecvanalstjr

I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness, that there were places in the world one could go and be alone. This…is still true, but the error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could go, rather than somewhere you had to be left.

#OurWivesUndertheSea
#JuliaArmfield

Finished reading #OurWivesUndertheSea by @JuliaArmfield which is a haunting queer horror. I wasn't ready for the cosmic horror element, but I loved it as it's so my thing. Great book that I definitely recommend #queerhorror

I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness,that there were places in the world one could go and be alone.This,I think,is still true,but the error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could go,rather than somewhere you had to be left.
#OurWivesUndertheSea
#JuliaArmfield