This story is about a merman that, disguised as a man, courts his ex-lover’s son and eventually rapes him. The next day, the boy sees Emil, the merman, in his true form and kills him in disgust. Within that narrative, however, are many other stories and plotlines that go unfulfilled. For example, where is Michael’s mother? Why did she just give him up to Emil? Also, what of Emil and his sister? There’s conflict there, and while it ends with her saving him, I almost felt like their side of the story didn’t gel with Emil and Michael’s. I guess it’s just a lot to keep track of. The story mixes fantasy with a certain level of realism, portraying all the characters as very human creatures, even though Emil and his sister are not. I like this and I think would like it more if the sister was a more nuanced character rather than the snobby big sister.
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