Dominica MalcolmResenhas

I've been following this novel pretty much since its inception, and what a journey it's been! I was pleased to be one of the early readers once the early draft was completed, and it's a further pleasure to have read it at last in its final form.

The story itself is straightforward enough - a love story across time, at its heart - but the characters and issues surrounding that core plot are what make Adrift unique.

Various queer issues are addressed, including the issue of biphobia as expressed by members of the queer community; this inclusion particularly pleased me as I could identify with the targeted person. Beyond that, characters' sexuality is presented relatively free of bias and shame.

I particularly liked the origin story behind Adrift's mermaids; the way that the characters' lives intertwined; and the straightforward, honest narrative voice throughout the novel, whether I was reading the present action or the past flashbacks.

I really wanted to like this collection but most of the stories didn't really do it for me – too plodding and expository, like they were trying to explain or justify non-traditional relationships instead of just showing them in all their complexity. That said, I liked almost all the poems.