stargaizerx's Book Journey

such a beautiful work of art.

i listened to the audiobook by daveed diggs while reading for most but not all chapters. sometimes i let the voice in my head read in silence and that was impactful too. i also listened with ocean/whale sounds in the background which i associate with calm but for others may feel haunting at first. it might seem like a quick read but i took my time with this one and suggest the same for you, savor the prose, let yourself feel the emotions that come with witnessing the pain of the characters. i'm so grateful that this book exists. rivers solomon is now one of my most cherished authors.

i felt like i was broken into pieces and then put back together gently. loved the ending so so much. loved the queer rep. if you're on the fence i highly recommend giving this book a try, i'll remember it for a long long time.

“Didn’t you know the ocean grants wishes?”

A beautiful story about trauma, grief, remembering, revenge, love, sacrifice, and creating something anew amidst an attempt to erase your people

The way this bounces around different time periods was disorienting at first but after realizing it, it became a beautiful component of storytelling and understanding past historians. The way it disorients the reader might also be purposeful reflection of the entire experience, existence, lack of remembering, and origin of the Wajinru

The afterword on the audiobook about telephone and the retellings of The Deep was perhaps one of my favorite parts of the experience of reading the book. I almost wish this had been a foreword to the book because it would have made me appreciate and understand the story in a whole new context. It makes me want to reread it and dive into the other versions of this origin myth.

I will think of this story every time a hurricane forms