And the ocean was our sky

“Will the world end in darkness because it is foretold? Or because there will be those who believe it so strongly they will make it so?”

This book is sort of like a spin-off of Moby Dick. The story is told from the POV of a whale who is trying to keep its family safe from humans by hunting them. Humans hunt whales so whales hunt back. It is a short read that you can easily finish in a day.

The story revolves around a pod of whales who are hunting the one human responsible for killing whales. And during their journey, they meet other whales and humans. They see the horror caused by the killings and tell their own stories of how they became a part of this hunting pod. Yes, it gets serious.

The book has pretty illustrations of the oceans from the viewpoint of the whales. They draw you into the story and present a large scale view of the oceans.

This is a great book to give to kids as it has a moral in there regarding protecting Earth, the oceans and its creatures. Of how humans can be selfish and how a whale can teach you to be kind-hearted but headstrong.

This book is definitely recommended for people who liked the DCEU movie ‘Aquaman', and felt strongly when the villain (Orm) threw the trash out of the oceans back onto the lands at the beginning of the movie :D (Yeah, I kept remembering this for some reason while reading this book).

P.S. This book was bought and gifted to a non-reader friend for their birthday (because they kept asking me to let them borrow one of my books. Needless to say, they're probably never going to read it).