The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

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Hardcover, 336 pages

English language

Published Feb. 22, 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:
978-1-5293-9169-5
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4 stars (7 reviews)

Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering.

Many believe that Shim Cheong, the most beautiful girl in the village—and the beloved of Mina’s older brother Joon—may be the legendary true bride. But on the night Cheong is to be sacrificed, Joon follows Cheong out to sea, even knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong’s stead.

Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser …

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reviewed The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

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3 stars

2.75 stars. I loved the premise of this book, the story and the setting. unfortunately, the characterization suffers a lot here. First of all, a map would have been helpful. A capital and different houses are mentioned, but nothing is explained in more detail. Characters lack personality, I could not connect with them and it becomes difficult to follow the story, too. it feels like the author put too many ingredients in the recipe, creating a wonderful world and story, yet underdeveloped. it's a pity that the book is too short. some more space could have helped to define the characters in more depth. it's not a book I would recommend. If you look for Asian myths, I would suggest to look somewhere else first, like daughter of the moon goddess or six crimson cranes.

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2 stars

I liked how the story is written. The flow an how it makes vivid images of the spirit world. I likes the characters and how the interact in this over the top anime way. (The whole story was in a realy cool anime style with beautiful backround in my head)



The reason why I don't give this book five stars is, because it is only fun if you ignore what the story means. It is over the top romantic. It is so romantic that it only can exist in fiction in this way an would be utterly toxic if real.

And aparrently the best woman can become in this world is bride/wife of a powerfull man. Even if they are clever and find their way in the spirit world, they don't get powers on their own, they just can get the love of a man. And the more powerfull the …

reviewed The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

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4 stars

3.5 stars generously rounded up to 4. On the younger side of YA, almost MA, which makes it difficult for me to rate properly as I’m not the target audience, but it’s a pleasant enough story with a sort of complicated romance that is thankfully not the entire focus. I would have liked a little more emphasis on the role choice plays in fate and destiny, especially given the potential problems with a story so focused on sacrificial brides, but there’s enough of it that I ended up being okay with it. What really made it work for me was a storyline that only gets a few pages throughout the book involving a certain goddess. It’s too bad that didn’t get more attention, either.

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