Lucy struggles after breaking up with her long time boyfriend. She moves into her sister.'s beach house for the summer and meets a merman. This is a story about mental health, obsession and suicidal tendencies. Will she give in to her obsession with the merman or let it go?

I loved the name of this book and also the cover. That is as far as the compliments go. Had to skim to complete this work and even that did not get me to the end quick enough. Lucy is a women who is failing at fulfilling the requirements of her thesis and continues on a depressive avenue when her boyfriend finds another lover. Going to her sister's house to watch over her dog also proves too much for Lucy. Therapy and the appearance of a merman cannot save this character. Way enough said. "A copy of this was provided by Crown Publishing via Netgalley with no requirements for a review. "Comments here are my honest opinion."

The main character is a terrible human being and the book was off-putting in a way that did not make me feel challenged or interested, but just depressed. I don't need to like all the characters I read, but I do have to find them interesting enough to keep engaged. It was like having to read the incessant self-absorbed thoughts of that friend who is destroying her life and she wants to constantly talk about the man she's obsessed with and why hasn't he called, and how could life be this unfair, etc. I gave this two stars because there were a few moments of dialogue that were genuinely funny, and I'm sure there is some bigger metaphor and it's all so deep, but I was just not engaged enough to care about sorting it out.

I couldn't finish it, just didn't engage me, but I'm sure there is a reader for it.

If you're a fan of So Sad Today (the book or the Twitter account), you know Melissa Broder's aesthetic - sad, sexy, a bit off-putting. The Pisces is more of the same - and that's a great thing. I really enjoyed this one. It's heartbreaking, tragic, erotic, and unique - sometimes all at the same time. If you're a fan of Melissa Broder, definitely check this one out.

Ugh. What a self-pitying load of crap. Off.putting and sad.