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Nothing was wrong with my book when I got it. I just didn't like the book itself. It was difficult to follow and sounded like it was written by someone in middle school.


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Lorali A colourful mermaid novel that not for the fainthearted Howard Hughes 9781471404221 Books Reviews

A whimsical and, yet, dark tale. The rational world we know living unknowingly aside a magical world with mermaids, pirates, and sirens. In this story the innocence of two main characters is juxtaposed with the brutality of the worlds above and below water. I love the prose and the use of three narrators Lorali, Rory, and the Sea. Each had their own characteristic Lorali's was one-worded sentences centered around the senses of the moment, Rory's was like any other teenage boy, and the Sea was a great outside, but omnipresent character who was even sassy at times. This was a novel I didn't want to rush. I loved basically everything about this novel. Even in the ending I have hope. I'd like to buy my own copy NOW. One tiny down side was that I anticipated the ending so much that the final showdown wasn't given much more detail than was needed. Even then I wasn't let down that much. Dockrill was great at creating this magical realistic world and adding snark and humor where needed. Things weaved seamlessly for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hot Key Books!
So, Lorali is about Lorali, a mermaid who swims up to the surface and is transformed. That's the basic plotline but there's so much more to the book, it does not just center around Lorali and it's unlike any other mermaid book.

Lorali have been on my radar for a while; I love reading books about mermaids even though I don't read them that often. Unfortunately I'm often disappointed by said books - I wasn't this time though!

This story holds a bunch of different characters and each one is unique! We have Lorali who is this strong and wonderful character! She surprised me throughout the entire book - I had not expected such a strong, willfull and confident character in her, I don't know how I imagined or expected she would be but nonethless she is a kickass character!
Rory is the guy who saves Lorali from drowning when she transfered (ironic, right?). Even though Rory is the hero in the story he's such a cutiepie; I simply love the fact that he's so shy around Lorali and even though he leaves her a couple of times in the beginning he definitely makes up for it in the end!
There's a bunch of other characters and each of them are important for the story!

Lorali surprised me more than once. I thought it was going to be like any other mermaid book I'd read a normal town and then a mermaid arrive and things start happening. Claiming that Lorali is like any other mermaid book is definitely wrong. Lorali doesn't just have mermaids, Lorali has pirates and sirens as well and even though I didn't like it in the beginning I loved it in the end. It's so full of imagination.
I love the fact that their tails or 'tapestraries' show their stories and the fact that the mermaids or mermen actually used to be human! It's such a cool take on the "usual" mermaid story.

Lorali is told from multiple perspectives; Rory (a sweet human guy), Lorali and the sea! I loved reading the chapters told from the seas point of view, it was so unlike any other story and so fun too!

As any other book there's a certain "dialect" which is a bit weird in the beginning but after a while it's quite easy to comprehend. For example humans or regular people are called 'Walkers' - which I thought was a surname to begin with. Once you're immersed in the story everything makes sense - trust me!

Another thing I really loved about this book is the fact that it's not just about Lorali! There's so many other stories in the book and I enjoyed everyone of them. We have stories about the pirates on the two ships, we have some stories about the mermaids and how they deal with Lorali's disapperance and we have some stories about ancient mermaid history - which was probably my favourite part of the entire book.

The ending seriously killed me! Don't worry, I'm not going to spoil it for you but I just want to say that I did not expect that ending, it took me completely by surprise! And yes, I was devestated but it's the perfect ending to the story, even though it's heartbreaking.
I received Lorali by Laura Dockrill from The Five Mile Press (Hot Key Books) in exchanged for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts on the book.
As soon as I read the synopsis for Lorali, I knew I needed it in my hands so I could read it. Firstly the cover is stunning, not only does it look beautiful. but it feels so cool. The front has scales like fish do, or like a mermaid’s tale and you can feel them.
Lorali jumps through 3 points of view; Rory the male protagonist and who the novel follows, Lorali; the mermaid that washes ashore and ‘The Sea.’
It was easy to distinguish between the different points of view. Rory had a very man like even boy like attitude in the way that he spoke and referred to things. I actually really enjoyed Rory as a Protagonist. It’s rare that I read a book with a male protagonist and I find them 1. Hard to connect to and 2. There isn’t too much of it. Rory is kind of the loner in a sense – he has friends, yes. But I got the vibe that he likes to be alone and that people just don’t get him.
Pretty early on in the book, the reader is able to see that Rory family is pretty dysfunctional. His father has left and too Rory, he is dead to him, but this took a toll on Rory’s mum and she isn’t what Rory needs.
Lorali’s point of view is interesting. All her sentences are short and don’t always make sense. But I think that added to her character. Lorali acted like a little girl and in a sense she was. She didn’t really know all too much about the land and ‘walkers,’ so she was new to everything. She acted like a 3 year old and it was so cute. She was excited about so many different things that a normal 16/17 year old wouldn’t get excited about. It was so adorable and I love the way that Rory acted about it as well; yes it thought it was so wired before he knew what she was, but after…oh it made my heart flutter.
‘The Sea’ was an interesting point of view. I haven’t read too many things when an author personifies something and I think that Laura Dockrill, did it perfectly. It was humanized in a way that if the chapters of Lorali didn’t have ‘The Sea’ at the top, you would have thought it was human.
‘The Sea’ followed a different people and it also gave the reader some back story on things and people that were brought up through the book.
One of the groups of people that the sea followed were aboard the Liberty Ship, the Ablegares boys, who are pirates. Otto, Oksa and Jasper are quite entertaining characters and I really enjoyed following their story. They shared such an awesome bond it was fun to read, but then they could be harsh and mean.
‘The Sea’ also follows Orla a mermaid whose job is to keep an eye on the walkers, again she was a really interesting character, which kind of disappointed me in the end.
Although I loved the plot, the characters and all the twists and turns. I didn’t fall in love with the writing style. I am not a massive fan of lots of short sentences, I felt that when the book was in Lorali’s point of view it made sense, but not when it was in others. I also felt the ending lacked – I was just really confused by the ending. I don’t know if that was just me and I missed something.
Overall, I really enjoyed Lorali. It was a fun, exciting read, that I was turning page after page. It was fast paced and exciting. I also loved that Laura Dockrill put newspaper/internet and other forms of media pieces in the book about things that occurred it added something different to an already unique book. There is so much more that I could go on about, but I won’t. If you like fantasy/paranormal, romance anything really, I think that you would enjoy Lorali.
Loved this book very much! Hoping for a sequel to it someday. ;)
Amazing book! Can't wait for Laura to write another. Read it twice.
Nothing was wrong with my book when I got it. I just didn't like the book itself. It was difficult to follow and sounded like it was written by someone in middle school.