When Oceans Rise by Robin Alvarez

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When Oceans Rise is a Little Mermaid retelling, with
Filipino elements and alternate universes. It's such a great story, with great writing and interesting characters.

It's a great and impactful story full of fantastical elements, but the ones that had the biggest impact on me were the realistic ones. The bad relationship that Malaya finds herself in, the intricacies of gaslighting, the subtleties of gaslighting, and abuse were portrayed in a very, very realistic way. We all feel like we couldn't find ourselves in that situation, it could never happen to me. And when you find yourself in that kind of situation, there is so much shame that you too, feel speechless, like Malaya did.

Highly recommend it!


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happy reading,
anie

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