Status Updates From Sirena

OMG WTF, am I experiencing for Mandela Effect right now?
First of all, the copy I just got in the mail has nearly 100 fewer pages (though the publication year is the same). But most damning is that the ending is totally different! I’ve read this book twice—both times in my 20s, as a fully grown adult—and can recite the original ending almost word-for-word! Online research didn’t mention any changes.

A re-read, even though I said I’ll never read it because it’s too sad (though very beautiful). 😔

Gist of the story: The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

I didn’t think it was possible for me to want to bitch sleep a mermaid, but here we are… 🙄