I honestly struggled to find any of this book, apart from the initial finding of the mermaid, believable.
I was so disappointed because I have enjoyed the authors other books. ( )

https://tamaranth.blogspot.com/2019/04/201941-brighton-mermaid-dorothy-koomson.h... ( )

1993, Brighton and two teenagers, Nell and Jude find a body of a young girl who becomes known as The Brighton Mermaid. Three weeks later Jude disappears. Twenty five years later Nell is still searching for the truth about The Brighton Mermaid.

I have read a few books by Dorothy Koomson and have enjoyed them especially The Ice Cream Girls. This book was interesting with many layers.

The main plot is about TBM and Nell's quest to find out what really happened, by doing this she hopes to find Jude. The story is told from the point of view of Nell and her sister Macy. Macy has her own sub plot of what she saw, what she has kept secret all the years and her battle with her own anxieties. The story flips back and forth from now and then until all is revealed.

This story does has it flaws and at times I did wonder how realistic it is. At times I was thinking would that really happen, can somebody really do this, but the story fiction so sometimes I just have to go with it.

The majority of the story I really enjoyed. When it came to the big reveal it really didn't matter as it had to be one or the other. What spured me on was Jude, where was she, was she dead or alive. Don't flip the back pages if you don't want to know till the end.

Overall I liked the story but wasn't blown away but there was enough to keep me interested. ( )