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3.11 AVERAGE
3.11 AVERAGE
James & the Giant Peach meets Robinson Crusoe, and with more than a touch of Hemingway. What I like best about this very weird book is the way everyone is valuable.
The concept of a community of survivors living on a giant jellyfish sounded good at first. Although their daily life seems strange. It seemed they had lived there a couple of years or so as the children on there who seemed 15 or 16 did not remember much of life before.
What happened was not really revealed, a bit too glazed over.
However, the jellyfish keeps them on there, they cannot leave, until they start having ideas after seeing a bunch of humans killing the kriks, crustacean type beings that have been hunting humans down on land.
They get to land then fight off some kriks, then the four children decide to go back and kill the jellyfish before seeking shelter they know is safe inland.
It's a strange read. I didn't connect with any of the characters and felt it was a meld of stories I had read before like the last ones left alive, but the zombies are crab beings, and Rain.
I'm assuming they went off and found the rest of the community but they didn't really seem to care much. Not did I really.
What happened was not really revealed, a bit too glazed over.
However, the jellyfish keeps them on there, they cannot leave, until they start having ideas after seeing a bunch of humans killing the kriks, crustacean type beings that have been hunting humans down on land.
They get to land then fight off some kriks, then the four children decide to go back and kill the jellyfish before seeking shelter they know is safe inland.
It's a strange read. I didn't connect with any of the characters and felt it was a meld of stories I had read before like the last ones left alive, but the zombies are crab beings, and Rain.
I'm assuming they went off and found the rest of the community but they didn't really seem to care much. Not did I really.
*Received via NetGalley for review*
This was a super weird book, and I loved it. A group of humans (including out main characters, 4 young adults) have been living on the back of a jellyfish/sea creature, and are finally ready to do whatever it takes to escape.
Not a lot is explained, but it doesn't need to be. You feel the boredom and despair and excitement that everyone feels, and even though the premise is crazy, it feels REAL. Definitely an exciting new addition to the YA apocalyptic survival genre, and a must-read for fans of the weird.
I think I did end up feeling a little sad for the Jellyfish.<.>
This was a super weird book, and I loved it. A group of humans (including out main characters, 4 young adults) have been living on the back of a jellyfish/sea creature, and are finally ready to do whatever it takes to escape.
Not a lot is explained, but it doesn't need to be. You feel the boredom and despair and excitement that everyone feels, and even though the premise is crazy, it feels REAL. Definitely an exciting new addition to the YA apocalyptic survival genre, and a must-read for fans of the weird.
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A funny and slightly silly concept - people trapped on board a giant jellyfish! - is pulled off with aplomb, wit and tension. This was so inventive and fast paced and surreal, I loved every second.
A funny and slightly silly concept - people trapped on board a giant jellyfish! - is pulled off with aplomb, wit and tension. This was so inventive and fast paced and surreal, I loved every second.
Such an interesting concept. The past tense narrative took a little of the suspense away for me and the message of the story was a bit vague but that's probably just me. Overall though I still found it an enjoyable read
A fun and unique kind of apocalypse. Perfect for those that want to read a near-future novel that isn't all dark and grim.