Our Wives Under the Sea

A really beautiful story about love, grief, and letting go. The horror elements are really interesting as well but I wish there was more about that

Just so unsettling yet romantic. This novel weird, niche and horrific. It’s about sapphic love, grief and the scariness of the unknown ocean. The whole way through it felt like my heart was in my throat and the ending touched me. I can’t explain this story other than in the first sentence I used here.

I liked pieces of this novel, particularly Leah's sections from her time in the submarine. Like a few other people who have reviewed this book, I'm not 100% sure what I just read. But I was invested. I was curious and needed to know what was going to happen next. The atmosphere was just so freaky. But I was still confused about exactly what was happening. Maybe that is part of it? Anyways, the writing is a tad dramatic for me (lots of metaphors) ...read more

Our Wives Under the Sea is a beautifully written gothic tale about a submarine mission gone very wrong. Leah is a scientist who embarks on a deep sea mission for research which quickly goes wrong, stranding her at the bottom of the ocean with a small crew for months. Once she finally resurfaces her wife Miri quickly realizes that Leah has come back changed emotionally and physically in ways she can’t explain. This story is full of lyrical prose...read more

What happened on the ocean floor!?! Story about grief. But needed more leviathan/Cthulhu. Was ok but will stick with you randomly since the process of that women’s disintegration was so extended