4.13 AVERAGE


I read this based on strong recommendations without really knowing what it was about. I don’t usually enjoy dystopian novels and that was the case here. It started out promising. The fact that it takes place in central Florida with several strong hurricanes did make this a more “realistic” scenario to envision. It’s not terrible but nothing about it grabbed my attention and made me want to read.
adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Incredible

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adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

so I definitely misunderstood at least part of the premise of this book, and I think if I knew the actual premise I wouldn't have read it.

the writing style was fine and engaging and the characters were compelling, and it does a good job of making you feel the weight of the ever changing weather.

I've got some not-so-positive feelings about some of the themes of the book but i don't want to start typing paragraphs and paragraphs of word vomit """essay""" so I will leave it at that.

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emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No