#114 in Horror
Our Wives Under the Sea
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Polari Prize for Book of the Year
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Our view
“Our Wives Under the Sea” is horror of the quiet kind, where the dread comes from watching a marriage slip away. One wife returns from a deep-sea dive that went wrong, and this short debut is as much about grief as about what happened below. It suits readers who prefer a lingering unease to shocks and tidy answers.
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About the book
Our Wives Under the Sea is a 2022 British horror novel by Julia Armfield. It was Armfield's debut novel. The novel's story follows a married lesbian couple who become distant after one of them returns from a disastrous deep-sea dive. It received positive reviews from critics.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 539 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 79% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 6 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 533 | 99% |
Frequently asked
How long is Our Wives Under the Sea?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 86% of the ranked books in Horror.
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