Details:
Title: The Mermaid
Author: Christina Henry
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN 13: 978-1785655708
Synopsis:
Once there was a fisherman who lived on a cold and rocky coast and was never able to convince any woman to come away and live in that forbidding place with him. One evening he pulled up his net and found a woman in it. A woman with black hair and eyes as grey as a stormy sea and a gleaming fish's tail instead of legs.
Once there was a fisherman who lived on a cold and rocky coast and was never able to convince any woman to come away and live in that forbidding place with him. One evening he pulled up his net and found a woman in it. A woman with black hair and eyes as grey as a stormy sea and a gleaming fish's tail instead of legs.
The storm in her eyes rolled into his heart. She stopped her thrashing and crashing at his voice, though she did not understand his words. But her eyes had seen inside of him, and his loneliness caught her more surely than the net. So she stayed with him, and loved him, though he grew old, and she did not.
Remarks of this strange and unusual woman travelled from village to village and town to town, until they reached the ears of a man whose business was in the selling of the strange and unusual.
His name was P.T. Barnum, and he d been looking for a mermaid.
Review:
This was a good and interesting read. It was a different take on a Mermaid tale and I did like the ease of it. It was a nice tale which while predictable in places was enjoyable all the way through. I liked the idea of it being set in actual history with the little historical notes at the end. Overall cute and compelling.
This was a good and interesting read. It was a different take on a Mermaid tale and I did like the ease of it. It was a nice tale which while predictable in places was enjoyable all the way through. I liked the idea of it being set in actual history with the little historical notes at the end. Overall cute and compelling.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars.
This book sounds so interesting. I love reading Mermaid books and this sounds like a pretty good one. I'll have to try it at some point. Thanks for sharing your review.
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