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Girl at the Bottom of the Sea
| Title | Girl at the Bottom of the Sea |
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| Date | 2024-10-12 08:13:19 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
Sophie Swankowski is the hero from the stories she's been hearing all her life: she's the girl who will save the world. Or so she's been told. Now she and her unlikely guardian—the gruff, filthy mermaid Syrena—must travel the pitch-black seas from broken-down Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Syrena’s homeland in Poland. Along the way, Syrena will reveal the terrible truth about her past, and teach Sophie about the ages-old source of her newly discovered power. But left behind in Chelsea, without Sophie to protect them from the dark magic she's awakened, what will become of Sophie’s friends and family?Girl at the Bottom of the Sea is the follow-up to Michelle Tea's beloved Mermaid in Chelsea Creek.
Review
I did not enjoy this one as much as I did the first, and I almost gave this 3 stars. The first book was really complex, and Sophie was a more complex person. It did not read as a YA novel, I really enjoyed it as just a great book. In this book however, Sophie is almost one dimensional, and the story devolved into one solely about mermaids, sea monsters and other magical creatures. I barely recognized Sophie as the same girl. There is also very little progress in the story, but I see the next book is due out in maybe six months. This book finally started catching my attention in the last half, and that bumped it up to 4 stars, but I did not enjoy the first half at all. I will still read the next book, but if it doesn't return to the level of the first book I won't continue from there.
