Content Warnings at end of Review.
Thank you to Netgalley and Fierce Reads for the arc of this book.
Sometimes you read a book and you just know it is going to haunt you. You'll be in the grocery store 15 years from now and remember exactly how it felt to read it. You'll wake up in a cold sweat at 2 am with lingering images from a scene in the book that somehow made it into your dreams even though you weren't thinking about it before you went to sleep. That's what this book was for me.
West Finch, Maine has been slowly sinking into the ocean. With rising tide levels and crumbling sea walls, any big storm could mean the end of another business. Harlowe is determined to stop it and save her town, and her best friend, Ellis will help her because saying no to each other would feel like cutting off their own limb. But when Ellis' twin brother, Tommy, swims into a stormy sea without the intention to return, things begin changing for the three teenagers in ways they never thought possible.
I am absolutely obliterated by the writing in this book. It destroyed me. I shouldn't be surprised that the title comes from a poem because everything about this book is pure poetry. It's gripping, haunting, painful and tense and real and I will absolutely never forget it. It left a mark on me.
There is something magnifying about the relationships between Harlowe and Ellis and Tommy in this book. They are in no ways healthy relationships, but they are certainly unforgettable. And gut-wrenching.
The ending of this book killed me. It's completely ambiguous and I will probably never stop thinking about it.
Pub Date: June 8, 2021
Content Warnings:
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Cancer, and Medical content
Thank you to Netgalley and Fierce Reads for the arc of this book.
Sometimes you read a book and you just know it is going to haunt you. You'll be in the grocery store 15 years from now and remember exactly how it felt to read it. You'll wake up in a cold sweat at 2 am with lingering images from a scene in the book that somehow made it into your dreams even though you weren't thinking about it before you went to sleep. That's what this book was for me.
West Finch, Maine has been slowly sinking into the ocean. With rising tide levels and crumbling sea walls, any big storm could mean the end of another business. Harlowe is determined to stop it and save her town, and her best friend, Ellis will help her because saying no to each other would feel like cutting off their own limb. But when Ellis' twin brother, Tommy, swims into a stormy sea without the intention to return, things begin changing for the three teenagers in ways they never thought possible.
I am absolutely obliterated by the writing in this book. It destroyed me. I shouldn't be surprised that the title comes from a poem because everything about this book is pure poetry. It's gripping, haunting, painful and tense and real and I will absolutely never forget it. It left a mark on me.
There is something magnifying about the relationships between Harlowe and Ellis and Tommy in this book. They are in no ways healthy relationships, but they are certainly unforgettable. And gut-wrenching.
The ending of this book killed me. It's completely ambiguous and I will probably never stop thinking about it.
Pub Date: June 8, 2021
Content Warnings:
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Cancer, and Medical content