The Surface Breaks, Louise ONeill
The Surface Breaks, Louise ONeill
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The Surface Breaks

Author: Louise O'Neill

Narrator: Louise O'Neill

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2019

Synopsis

A dark and beautiful reimagining of The Little Mermaid.Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice? Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world building that has won Louise her legions of devoted fans in the UK. A book with the darkest of undercurrents, full of rage and rallying cries: storytelling at its most spellbinding.

About Louise O'Neill

Louise O'Neill is the author of Only Ever Yours, which won the YA Book Prize, among other distinctions. Louise was born in West Cork, Ireland. She studied English at Trinity College Dublin and has worked for the senior style director of American Elle magazine. She currently works as a freelance journalist and YA author.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kai

“We are women. And women are warriors, after all.” A feminist retelling of the Little Mermaid I repeat A FEMINIST RETELLING OF THE LITTLE MERMAID You remember sweet little Arielle, combing her hair, loved by her family, singing with the fish? Yeah, scratch that. This is not that kind of story. In thi......more

Goodreads review by Katie.dorny

Everyone oversold me on the feminist part of this story. Don’t read further on if you don’t like ranting. Gaia spends most of her time pinning after the main boy who ends up being an ass. Her inner monologue is recognising the boy is a stranger - but her must be perfect because she loves him!! Her fa......more

Goodreads review by Patricia

4.5 en realidad. ME HA ENCANTANDO. Tenía muchísimas ganas de leer este libro, pero luego entraba en Goodreads, veía las puntuaciones y dios, realmente tenía miedo a lo que me iba a encontrar. Esta historia es un retelling de La Sirenita, y de verdad, os recomiendo muchísimo leer la historia original......more

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘

A retelling of Anderson's fairy tale. A feminist one. An awesome one. It was good to read about the merpeople kingdom. As for the world-building… 'Rusalka' is a 'mermaid' in Russian. Why the author thought them ferocious or anything, beats me. Obviously, yet another author became a translation troubl......more

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