The Deep

I really appreciated this work, but I didn't enjoy it. Let me explain. While I was kind of in awe of the IDEA of The Deep (my notes have me saying it's The Giver meets The Little Mermaid- which I still kind of agree with if you accept the fact that the little mermaid was a spoiled teenage brat who was trying to run from responsibility and NOT because she was obsessed with living among the twolegs, although there is a touch of that here), I couldn't stand Yetu. I wanted to strangle her. If Solomon would have written one more time about how Yetu could not handle the responsibility of the Remembering and how much physical pain is caused her, I was going to scream. I get it. Why not ask for help? Instead, she runs away. Fine. But then she acts like a frightened brat in a tidal pool for 100 pages. Finally, there is not so much character growth with Yetu but with the wajinru who figure out what is going on and solve it. Wouldn't it have happened that way if Yetu had said something to begin with? No, it was all “woe is me”. I loved [b:An Unkindness of Ghosts 34381254 An Unkindness of Ghosts Rivers Solomon https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1488470439l/34381254.SY75.jpg 55469636] and I think Aster, who is a goddess, would really lose her patience with Yetu. I know I did. I loved Oori and would read a novel with her backstory in a hot minute. So, I guess I have an idea of what a hero should sound like, and how one should act in a story. I'm glad I read this, but I didn't love it the way I wanted to.