One of my favorite books! The writing is beautiful and flows so well that you barely flinch at the idea that people could have mutations that cause them to turn into animals. I am fascinated by sharks, which helped pique my interest in this book. I heard about it from a friend who posted that she couldn't stop reading and highly recommended it. She has never steered me wrong and hasn't broken that trend yet! This book is worth reading. When we moved to part two, I tripped a bit but was rewarded when I saw how it all went together. Even so, part 1 was my favorite part. I wanted more!
I want to read more by Emily Habeck and was blown away to discover this is her debut novel! She is an author to watch! I am looking forward to her future works.
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Book was delivered on release day in perfect condition. No bends, tears, dirt marks, uncut pages. I finished this a few days ago and have been sitting to see if my initial reaction to give Shark Heart four stars instead of five felt right or not. Ultimately, I’d say right. What a start with that proposal! The layout seemed a little strange, and I don’t think anything would have been taken away from the story if some of the “chapters” had page breaks instead of their own pages, especially in the first chapter and chapter about Wren’s mom. A lot of people seem to be unable to suspend their belief with this, but that’s never really been a problem for me and I rather enjoyed the idea of this magical, fantastical world where people may mutate into animals (what a shame we can’t pick though). There was some really beautiful, poignant, heartbreaking moments, and I liked the writing style. If it weren’t for Drew being beside me as I read one night, I’d have cried once. But he was there so I held it in and ~almost~ cried twice. Well, maybe not cried but got glossy eyes. I do wish that there was this full circle moment at the end with how often it seemed fate was played with in previous chapters. Even something as simple as Lewis being able to feel Wren at the place they parted, being able to feel his daughter. Or how George knew how Angela was doing all this time, how he always loved her from afar. Speaking of Lewis, I didn’t particularly like how he was unbecoming himself, so forgetful, was his transition was complete yet the twelve year old (well, now 24 or 25) could recall an entire lyrical album and other very human cares. The discrepancy seemed strange since everybody else become wholly the animal- as far as we know, since we didn’t get Wren’s mother’s thoughts. The relationships in the story were very believable and felt real. It’s not fair to give a lower rating because of the expectation for something to have been greater when there was no promise it would be, but if Emily hadn’t done such a good job writing this story it wouldn’t be an issue. The subtitle promises a love story, and as readers we were lucky enough to explore multiple, exceptional ones. In a few months when I think of a beautifully written, conceptualized, whole story, this will be one that comes to mind, so ultimately I would recommend it.
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2023
I can honestly say I've never read a book like this. The format which in some parts reads like a script or play and other parts a poem, but flows perfectly. Then we have the actual synposis, which is a woman's husband mutates into a great white shark. Yes, you read that correctly. This book is about a man who discovers he has a mutant gene that causes him to transform into a shark.
Very unique. Can honestly say I've never read a book quite like it and enjoyed it!
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2023
Hear me out though! I couldn't stop reading it. It was so good.
The prose is poetic and beautiful and it contains a multitude of love stories- between husband and wife and mother and daughter. This book would be great for a book club. It definitely would stir up some dialogue.
I started to lose interest when we swapped to Angela's story. It makes sense of the author's purpose for this part of the book and becomes a major tear jerker. 🥺 Just in the moment, it was distracting and I really wanted to get back to Wren and Lewis's storyline. I'm glad we get Angela's story! I just thought it messed the flow of reading up for me in the moment.
I'm ashamed to say when I saw this book as an option for Book of The Month, I skirted right over it. Because although, the cover is gorgeous, I had heard literally nothing about it and ignorantly didn't even acknowledge it as one of my choices and went with an author I was familiar with instead. I regret that decision. 😅 After hearing the latent buzz, I decided to purchase the book and I am glad I did.
All in all, is this book weird? Yes. It's quite frankly the weirdest, most unique book I have read all year...maybe ever. But if you like magical realism or beautiful prose or lit fiction, then I say check it out, because I am glad I did.
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- KukubeastReviewed in Australia on July 19, 2024
Unexpectedly, beautifully profound
