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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
La historia te engancha desde las primeras páginas y el ritmo de la trama aumenta con ellas, no dejan de suceder cosas que te mantienen en tensión pero el final se lo carga todo. Es un final rápido y venido de la nada que me ha descolocado toda mi impresión de la historia y que no me ha gustado nada. Pasan de la miseria más grande y la felicidad más extrema
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
YA novel about what could happen if Southern CA faces such a drought that all the taps run dry and mayhem ensues. It really makes you appreciate water of all kinds. Good diversity of characters and problems.
OH BON SANG !! >:(
Je ne comprends pas !! Pourquoi ce livre est-il si mauvais, sérieux ??? Les personnages sont fades et parodiques au possible, surtout les protagonistes (la fille "je ne suis pas comme les autres filles" avec son sexisme intériorisé, le garçon "non mais c'est de l'humour" qui méprise son environnement, ils croient être meilleurs que tout le monde mais sont IGNOBLES), la narration est désagréable à suivre, la plume n'est pas travaillée (et, même si je n'ai pas aimé La Faucheuse, je peux admettre qu'il y avait des bons trucs !), on dirait que tout le monde se fout de ce qu'il se passe, ça me rend dingue !
Alors bon. Je n'ai pas envie de me forcer à lire ce livre. Je n'ai aucune raison de penser que ça va s'améliorer par la suite, donc ce sera sans moi.
Je ne comprends pas !! Pourquoi ce livre est-il si mauvais, sérieux ??? Les personnages sont fades et parodiques au possible, surtout les protagonistes (la fille "je ne suis pas comme les autres filles" avec son sexisme intériorisé, le garçon "non mais c'est de l'humour" qui méprise son environnement, ils croient être meilleurs que tout le monde mais sont IGNOBLES), la narration est désagréable à suivre, la plume n'est pas travaillée (et, même si je n'ai pas aimé La Faucheuse, je peux admettre qu'il y avait des bons trucs !), on dirait que tout le monde se fout de ce qu'il se passe, ça me rend dingue !
Alors bon. Je n'ai pas envie de me forcer à lire ce livre. Je n'ai aucune raison de penser que ça va s'améliorer par la suite, donc ce sera sans moi.
I appreciate all of Shusterman's work, and it's no secret that dystopian YA lit is one of my favorite genres. This one was utterly terrifying in its premise because it is so plausible. A few weeks after I finished reading this novel, the water went out at my house for a considerable number of hours, which quickly made me realize how unprepared we all are for such an event.
That is to say that the premise was excellent, the main character was a believable teenager whom we wanted to see be successful. My main critique is with pacing--as with many YA texts, it was quickly paced, but that led to increasingly more ridiculous situations for the protagonist. I only wish the plot would've moved a little slower so we'd have time to ruminate on the terribleness of each minor situation before it escalated to unbelievable.
That is to say that the premise was excellent, the main character was a believable teenager whom we wanted to see be successful. My main critique is with pacing--as with many YA texts, it was quickly paced, but that led to increasingly more ridiculous situations for the protagonist. I only wish the plot would've moved a little slower so we'd have time to ruminate on the terribleness of each minor situation before it escalated to unbelievable.
Did you think you would ever read a dystopian book again after all the ones you plowed through in the earlier part of this decade? I didn't. But here I am, thanks to Neal and Jarrod Shusterman, plowing through a dystopian YA novel in a single sitting, in 2018.
What truly sets this apart is that you're watching the world fall into chaos - you don't start after sh*t has hit the fan. You're there as the taps first go dry, as people turn postal, as neighbors turn into crowds turn into mobs. The Shustermans' writing brings it all to life in a a very gripping way; so convincing, actually, that I was taking regular breaks to go fill up a glass of water, consciously thirsty every time I read about a person's dry skin, or exhaustion, or empty canteen.
Where this lacked the depth was in the rushed conclusion to the plot, with the almost deus-ex-machina intervention. The first half of the book was five stars to me: anticipation slowly building, dread filling the pit of my stomach. But the latter half was a bit too conveniently resolved and lacking in the emotional depth I expected from these characters.
As a thirty year-old, I may not be this book's target audience, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. For teens it will hopefully hit home hard and educate folks on the real and growing danger we face.
What truly sets this apart is that you're watching the world fall into chaos - you don't start after sh*t has hit the fan. You're there as the taps first go dry, as people turn postal, as neighbors turn into crowds turn into mobs. The Shustermans' writing brings it all to life in a a very gripping way; so convincing, actually, that I was taking regular breaks to go fill up a glass of water, consciously thirsty every time I read about a person's dry skin, or exhaustion, or empty canteen.
Where this lacked the depth was in the rushed conclusion to the plot, with the almost deus-ex-machina intervention. The first half of the book was five stars to me: anticipation slowly building, dread filling the pit of my stomach. But the latter half was a bit too conveniently resolved and lacking in the emotional depth I expected from these characters.
As a thirty year-old, I may not be this book's target audience, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. For teens it will hopefully hit home hard and educate folks on the real and growing danger we face.
The water crisis made me want to stock up on water...like, seriously, LOL However, some events in the story didn't seem like that is what would really happen. For example, when Kelton's father shoots and kills his brother and then they (Alyssa and Garrett and Jackie) just grab him and take off in the BMW. I thought that wouldn't be what would happen especially since they abandoned Kelton's parents.
Shusterman never disappoints me. He is so good at really capturing the scope of a dystopian world. This book seems closer to reality than dystopia though, and it really makes you wonder how close we are to a climate crisis like what is described. I did think that things escalated more rapidly than what is possible, but still, a great look at what lies ahead for us if we don't face our deteriorating climate issues head on. I also found it interesting the social aspect that Shusterman chose to highlight: how everyone went all Lord of the Flies (a book that one of the characters is reading for school coincidentally enough) on each other as soon as the water ran out. Those who turn violent due to lack of water are even called water zombies. It's a zombie apocalypse!
Best quote:
"It's like he was so obsessed with protecting the house that he forgot the main objective was to actually protect everyone inside of it." p.172
A quick read that makes you think.
Best quote:
"It's like he was so obsessed with protecting the house that he forgot the main objective was to actually protect everyone inside of it." p.172
A quick read that makes you think.