Somewhere in the Deep | Tanvi Berwah | Fantasy | Netgalley ARC Book Review

 


Tell me a book for which you had high hopes and it fell flat for you. 

For me Somewhere in the Deep by Tanvi Berwah had a promising blurb but it failed to deliver the expectations.


Name of Book: Somewhere in the Deep
Author: Tanvi Berwah
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date: 9 January 2024
No. of Pages: 376
Format: Netgalley ARC 


Seventeen-year-old Krescent Dune is buried under the weight of her dead parents' debt and the ruinous legacy they left behind. The only way she can earn enough money to escape her unforgiving island is by battling monstrous creatures in an underground fighting pit.


After a fight goes terribly wrong, she's banned from the pits. Now hopeless, she is offered a deal: in exchange for the erasure of her debts, she must join and protect a hunting party for a rescue mission deep within the mining caves beneath the island.

Krescent is determined to keep her head down and fulfill her role as the dutiful bodyguard, even though she is trapped underground with her childhood enemy and a company of people who would gladly kill her if they knew who her parents were. As they come across creatures she believed only existed in legends, it becomes clear they are in far more danger than she could have imagined.

But someone doesn't want her to make it out alive. And she'll have to figure out who before she's left alone…in the dark.




Tanvi Berwah is a South Asian writer who grew up wanting to touch the stars and reach back in time. Her debut YA novel MONSTERS BORN AND MADE, a book that has something to say and isn’t afraid to say it to your face (Lightspeed Magazine), and the follow-up SOMEWHERE IN THE DEEP, which skillfully examines issues of class, colonialism and greed (Publisher’s Weekly), are out now. She graduated from the University of Delhi with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Literature of English, and always found ways to fit in The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones in her academic life. A history and space enthusiast, she would’ve loved to be an astronomer, had her lack of mathematical skills allowed it.

My Opinion

In *Somewhere in the Deep* by Tanvi Berwah, the story starts with a confusing plot that quickly loses its appeal. The introduction of too many characters within the first few pages turns the narrative into a puzzle, making it difficult to follow. After just 50 pages, the lack of depth in the characters and the uninspiring fantasy world contribute to a disengaging reading experience. The book struggles to maintain interest, as both the storyline and the world-building fail to captivate readers. I would give it 2 stars.

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