I read this book for my Book club Pick for June and honestly I some really high hopes for it and spoiler alert, It didn’t meet my expectations.
“I used to think there was such a thing as emptiness, that there were places in the world one could go and be alone. This, I think, is still true, but the error in my reasoning was to assume that alone was somewhere you could go, rather than somewhere you had to be left.”
Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
About The Book
Author: Julia Armfield
Publisher: FlatIron Books
Published Date: July 12th, 2022
Page Count: 228 Pages
Main Genres: Horror, Fiction, LGBT
GoodReads Rating: 3.84
Format: Physical Book
Synopsis
Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night.
As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp.
Synopsis From GoodReads
“The deep sea is a haunted house: a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness.”
Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
Rating
Review
I would like to point out that I don’t think this book should be classified as a horror read. This was not a scary book more suspenseful. So if you are looking for something to scare you, maybe skip this book.
I don’t have too many positive things to say about this book if I am completely honest. I was left with more questions than answers when I finished this book. It has a very ambiguous ending that made it feel like there was a second book but I don’t see the author writing a second one as there wasn’t enough of a storyline to make another book.
Some people really like endings that leave questions in your mind, but I am not one of them. I just felt confused throughout the entire book and nothing every felt satisfying. So why did I rate this 2.5 stars then? Clearly I had to like something about it or else my rating would have bene lower, right? Honestly, I rated this a 2.5 star because I was interested in the book, I really wanted to know what happened under the ocean during those six months so yes, I was intrigued, just left wanting so much more.
I also give some of the credit of my rating to the Titanic Sub that Imploded last month. My Heart goes out to the family of those lost, it was such a sad situation. However, it did seem like interesting timing that we were reading a book about a submarine that goes missing for 6 months when the titan went missing. This really got me interested in learning more about submarines and the titanic in general. So this was just really interesting timing for us to be reading this for our book club.
Majority of the people who participated in the book club pick did actually enjoy this one so take my review with a grain of salt.
“My heart is a thin thing, these days – shred of paper blown between the spaces in my ribs.”
Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea
QOTD: What Historic Event have you been interested in?
World of Bai 
I think you might prefer a more simple and conclusive book. I have critiques of this book but none that match your need to have answers of a mystery. There are so many more interesting questions to discuss.
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Oh for sure! I struggle with books that leave me guessing what happened lol
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