Flowers for the Sea

Flowers for the Sea could fall into several categories, but I would drop it mainly in fantasy horror or cosmic horror. It is the story of Iraxi, a refugee of a flooded kingdom on an ark with her people. But it is so much more than that. It is a story about isolation, otherness, oppression, and rage.......more

If you follow the bookish people on social media, I bet you’ve seen people praising this book here, there, and everywhere. There’s a reason for all of the praise. This book isn’t one you finish and forget. It’ll stick with ya whether you want it to or not and that is the mark of an excellent read if......more

Flowers for the Sea, by Zin E. Rocklyn blends dark, dystopian fantasy with isolation horror in this chilling debut. The story centers on Iraxi, a pregnant woman among a displaced people adrift at sea on an ark going nowhere. In one hundred pages, Rocklyn foregoes world-building in order to zero in on......more

As short as it is, Flowers for the Sea certainly packs a punch. The prose is gorgeous and incredibly detailed. The story itself is weird (in a good way) and satisfying. My main problems lie with my ability to follow what was happening and what had happened in the time before this story. I don’t thin......more

I don’t understand why this book is considered horror/dark fantasy/ cosmic horror. There wasn’t much cosmic about it except for maybe the description of Iraxi’s child. There’s not much back story. Why is she carrying this creature child? How is her child a creature when the father is human? There ar......more