The Deep, by Rivers Solomon

[sophia_sol]

This novella is just so impressive and powerful and transportative. Wow. Gosh.

But it's also one of those books that's good in ways that I find hard to talk about, which always makes me so mad because how am I supposed to convince other people to read a book if I can't explain just why it's so worth reading???

Anyway it's about an underwater community of people descended from folks who were thrown overboard from slaving ships, from the perspective of the Historian of this people, as well as the perspective of the Remembrances that the Historian carries on behalf of all of them.

And it's about like, generational trauma and healing, and neurodivergence, and queer love. And Rivers Solomon is just such a good writer!

Comments

[mergatrude]

I have now read this (I suggested it for purchase by my library) and I understand exactly what you mean about how to explain it. But it's so good! Thank you for posting about it.

[sophia_sol]

Ah yayyy, thank you so much for telling me! It's so good.