Hannah’s Reviews > Somewhere Beyond the Sea > Status Update

To be fair, this book does a lot of things right for sure. I love the characters fiercely and the new perspective from Arthur is nice; the man behind the imposing magical force. The domestic moments are so wholesome, the timing of the humor is much better - I’ve enjoyed it but am overall a little disappointed with how it seems to have lost its way in the third quarter

I’m almost done and have a lot of thoughts, but mainly the following
- the narrator for the audiobook is actively horrendous and ruins incredibly beautiful moments by trying too hard and somehow not enough
- very, very, VERY preachy. I understand where it’s coming from but it feels like someone mansplaining human rights and I’m over it
- the whole resolution of the DICMY plot is ridiculous