Whalefall by Daniel Kraus is a sad yet scientific book.
I really enjoyed this one. It follows Jay, who lost his father several months ago. Jay and his father were never close. In fact they fought all the time. But Jay feels the only way to lift the weight of his guilt is to find his father’s remains in the ocean. It’s a long shot but he has to give it a try. His dive starts off well enough, but when a whale feeds on a squid by him, Jay gets caught in the crossfire and is swallowed by the whale. He only has so much oxygen. And he has to face the dangers of residing inside a living being.

This story makes me never want to meet a whale in an ocean alley. I learned so much about whales in this book. See who said fiction books weren’t educational?

The grief and processing the death of a loved one was really well handled. This book hurts in the best way possible.