My knowledge of it mostly comes from manga and game fandoms. I didn’t really like how the red string of fate was handled either. Yet everything after was just still very flat. The confirmation did not really change anything when it should have. So when it was revealed, it was kind of meh, and it did not really add anything to their relationship. There was also a twist with three characters, but I called it pretty early. After seeing the friendships in XOXO, that was a disappointment. To be honest, there was barely any interactions of any kind that were more than surface level. But it is hard to care when two characters barely interact, yet we are supposed to believe they are in love. Their romance could have been very emotional and made me cry. You barely got to see Mina interact with Shin, and I just- sigh. I didn’t really feel anything about their relationship. Instead, it felt like the romance progressed quickly, yet nothing happened. I could have accepted that with the red string of fate, even if it’s a trope I hate generally. I want to say it’s kind of insta-romancey, but it isn’t really.
It’s lovely to see how different cultures tell similar stories, yet each could have a different meaning. It was fun seeing some of the stories and thinking about the western counterparts and how different each story is. It gave the book an almost dream-like atmosphere, and this world sounded beautiful and sad. Especially when those stories were told within the book itself. I enjoyed the characters and the weaving of Korean lore and folktales into the story. That summary alone excites me, and it makes me want to give this novel a second chance, but it just wasn’t great. I actually didn’t love this book as much as I had hoped.
With the help of gods, mythical creatures and spirits, Mina decides to do all she can to stop the storms and save her people before any other girl has to throw herself into the sea. Once in the Sea God’s city, she discovers that the Sea God isn’t just ignoring them as she thought and something else is going down. The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea follows Mina, who decides to sacrifice herself to the Sea God in place of her brother’s girlfriend. But I know I was pretty excited and was lucky enough to be granted an early copy of this book in e-book form through NetGalley. Axie Oh has given us sci-fi and contemporary YA novels in the past, and now, with The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea, we have her first fantasy! I’d only read XOXO before picking this one up, though I do want to read the Rebel Seoul duology, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this one.
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