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# Our Wives Under The Sea

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desertcart.com: Our Wives Under The Sea: 9781529017250: Julia Armfield: Books

Review: Helped me get back into reading. - Honestly, best book I read last year.
Review: A quiet, haunting novel to briefly drown in - This is a difficult book to rate… It’s hard for me to reconcile the vivid poetic prose throughout the book with the dry exposition and summarization of events ALSO throughout the book. But it is a unique and intriguing story. I can’t think of any other book quite like it, and I mean that as a compliment. The story is told in a very non-linear fashion and I’m not sure if the plot even has structure in any traditional sense. If that’s not your cup of tea, then look elsewhere. But if you don’t mind that, then dive in and briefly drown yourself in this haunting love story. It’s ultimately about grief. One minor character sums it up quite nicely toward the end: “the thing about losing someone isn’t the loss but the absence afterward” That haunting absence that fills empty spaces it feels your loved ones should still occupy.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,255,749 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (5,109) |
| Dimensions  | 5.12 x 0.63 x 7.72 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1529017254 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1529017250 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 232 pages |
| Publication date  | March 16, 2023 |
| Publisher  | Picador |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Helped me get back into reading.
*by R***S on January 9, 2026*

Honestly, best book I read last year.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A quiet, haunting novel to briefly drown in
*by J***T on December 30, 2025*

This is a difficult book to rate… It’s hard for me to reconcile the vivid poetic prose throughout the book with the dry exposition and summarization of events ALSO throughout the book. But it is a unique and intriguing story. I can’t think of any other book quite like it, and I mean that as a compliment. The story is told in a very non-linear fashion and I’m not sure if the plot even has structure in any traditional sense. If that’s not your cup of tea, then look elsewhere. But if you don’t mind that, then dive in and briefly drown yourself in this haunting love story. It’s ultimately about grief. One minor character sums it up quite nicely toward the end: “the thing about losing someone isn’t the loss but the absence afterward” That haunting absence that fills empty spaces it feels your loved ones should still occupy.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Felt Disappointed
*by I***O on December 4, 2024*

I'm really struggling with how I feel about this book a week after finishing it, but I think my overall emotion would be disappointment. There are elements I really enjoyed, such as some of the intentional absurdity (the therapist who doesn't seem to react to what the protagonist ever says, the blood dripping from a character's face being called normal, phone calls that never get resolved). I think it also does a really good job exploring grief over your loved ones "haunting" your life while still alive. But other elements really don't work for me. There is no resolution of the various mysteries brought up. I suppose they're not meant to matter, just the exploration of Mira's emotions, but if that were the case then I wish tantalizing plot elements weren't included that made me think the book was going to accomplish more. The horror (and body horror) does not work for me. The aforementioned absurdity I praised starts to lose its impact and the newer horror elements added throughout feel too vague or uninteresting to really grab my attention. There was one reveal in particular that made me feel like it was supposed to be very shocking, but just had me thinking, "so what?" At a certain point while reading, maybe half-way through, I realized that the book does not escalate (or devolve?) despite the chapter titles suggesting you are descending into a horrifying pitch-black depth akin to the ocean. A passage from the start and a passage from the end would feel the same. It started to feel like I was reading the same thing over and over and I began to resent how long the book felt. I really, really wanted to like this book. I even really like elements of the ending. But I didn't feel haunted by it, or scared, or thoughtful. Just disappointed because I felt like it could have been a lot more than what it was.

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