The deep
This read was interesting, but some parts didn’t seem cohesive. In particular, chapters 1-3 and 5 were a bit strange to read but the premise of the story made it all make sense in the end. This book is imaginative in how the writer challenges the end of a dark past in history with a hopeful twist. I had many emotions during and after reading this book making difficult to hash out my opinion and feelings. I was specially taken back when I realized that my native island was the first land on the Western Hemisphere to receive African slaves when the transatlantic slave trade began.
Rivers Solomon came up with an genuine way to bring back to life all the women that were discarded because of “bad” behavior, disease, or pregnancy from the slave ships while being transported west. These pregnant women were thrust to their deaths but their babies were born in the ocean becoming a type of mermaid. After years, these new sea creatures found one another creating a community of unity and brotherhood where one of their citizens is chosen to be the historian. The current historian, Yetu, who is weighed down by the history of pain and atrocities, must now decided whether to let go of her responsibility or keep it together for the sake of her family and community.
Like I mentioned before, I enjoyed the story but the writing didn’t convince me much. At times it was repetitive and it seemed forced in a way. Although this is a short read, I could feel the writers intent on expanding the story and making more out of the nothing. I don’t think I’m supposed to feel that.
This read was interesting, but some parts didn’t seem cohesive. In particular, chapters 1-3 and 5 were a bit strange to read but the premise of the story made it all make sense in the end. This book is imaginative in how the writer challenges the end of a dark past in history with a hopeful twist. I had many emotions during and after reading this book making difficult to hash out my opinion and feelings. I was specially taken back when I realized that my native island was the first land on the Western Hemisphere to receive African slaves when the transatlantic slave trade began.
Rivers Solomon came up with an genuine way to bring back to life all the women that were discarded because of “bad” behavior, disease, or pregnancy from the slave ships while being transported west. These pregnant women were thrust to their deaths but their babies were born in the ocean becoming a type of mermaid. After years, these new sea creatures found one another creating a community of unity and brotherhood where one of their citizens is chosen to be the historian. The current historian, Yetu, who is weighed down by the history of pain and atrocities, must now decided whether to let go of her responsibility or keep it together for the sake of her family and community.
Like I mentioned before, I enjoyed the story but the writing didn’t convince me much. At times it was repetitive and it seemed forced in a way. Although this is a short read, I could feel the writers intent on expanding the story and making more out of the nothing. I don’t think I’m supposed to feel that.