sneaking in two final books 📚 Books mentioned📚 The Underworld by Susan Casey The Red Tent by Anita Diamant ✨✨✨✨✨ she/her The Socials: 📷 Instagram: @fully.booked.melissa 📖 Goodreads: / melissafulton 📚 The Story Graph: melissafulton
I am one of those that loved The Underworld. I am fascinated (read terrified) by the depths of the ocean and all its creatures. I could NEVER go in a submersible - heck I can barely snorkel without freaking out. But I love reading about it! 😂 I’m sorry it didn’t work for you.
I’m on the fence about The Underworld. I thought Casey’s earlier book about dolphins was meh,so I wasn’t interested in Underworld. Then I heard a positive review of it by Heidi (My Reading Life) and thought I would give it a go. Now I’m on the fence. I might sample it. As to the Red Tent, it’s been years since I read it and I still remember disliking it but can’t remember why.
I was quite frustrated with The Red Tent because I could see what she was doing and I loved the idea of subverting Biblical tales, but I could just not care about anybody. I was bored a lot of the time. I think a sampling of The Underworld is wise. A lot of it was interesting, but I found the structure confused me. Maybe I just wasn't following it on audio? I'm not too keen to pick up her other titles.
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