WINTERMARY@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Review of 'The Deep' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Also, you MUST check out the work this is based on: clipping.'s "The Deep" EP and Derxciya's Afrofuturistic mythos and music.
192 pages
Published Aug. 4, 2020 by Gallery / Saga Press.
Also, you MUST check out the work this is based on: clipping.'s "The Deep" EP and Derxciya's Afrofuturistic mythos and music.
Content warning lewd
the premise is strong and the story is impactful. few days after having finished it, though, i feel that something was missing? or it wasn't enough? not sure. anyway, i loved also the afterwards by clipping. regarding the history of the project.
and i have to say that moment of sexual tension in the pool between the two wannabe lovers, beside being super queer, made me so bloody horny on the spot. damn!
I read this book a few months ago with the #SFFBookClub. The setting and imagery are still haunting me, but I found the writing itself sort of clumsy, to the point that while actually reading it diminished the impact, much of which came later as I digested the ideas of the book.