This book has seen a slight resurgence due to its surface similarities to Guillermo Del Toro’s award-winning movie The Shape of Water, but Ingalls’ novella is a sterling love story on its own. There’s a fine discussion on its many merits here, so I’ll simply add that, as far as love stories involving women and sea monsters go, this is a winner. It’s as good as the best absurdist fantasies of [a:William Kotzwinkle|34872|William Kotzwinkle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1276250331p2/34872.jpg] and [a:James K. Morrow|22631|James K. Morrow|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1242312093p2/22631.jpg], which, for me, is saying something.

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