This book was super weird. It's a two star rating because I really liked the writing style. The rest, however, was probably one of the weirdest experiences I had in quite some time. It feels like the book is written on a super metaphorical level which I am literally to dumb to understand. Not my cup of tea.

I don't know why I seem incapable of settling for a rating for Moskowitz's books. I'm always torn because her books call up polarizing feelings in me. Mainly I think it's because I never expect her books to be as dark as they turn out to be. Who'd think a book about magic fish would be this dark and depressing? Going in I think I had an older and more vague summary in my mind so I wasn't prepared for what was to come. After I finished the book last night I was truly shaken; if you read the book you might understand why. It left me feeling sad and depressed because the ending doesn't promise the freedom from terrible circumstances forced on one; there's no escape and there are no happy endings. (I've seen other reviewers talk about influences for this book and how there are strong parallels to the works mentioned in Teeth such as The Metamorphosis by Kafka but because I haven't read them I can't talk about it [I was forced to read a work by Kafka for school and I absolutely hated it and have stayed far away from him since].)