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Not a Drop to Drink
by Mindy McGinnis
More of a 2.5/5.
I will give it to this book, it went to some dark places. It is a book about survival in a hard world and it doesn't pull its punches doing it. Killing, sex/rape, death. It deals with these things you don't see much of in Young Adult books although they can carry them as well as any other genre, despite what some people might think.
My biggest problem with this book was the characters. I never connected with them. They filled their roles fine, I suppose. The hardened young girl whose entire life has been about surviving. The kindly old man with a dark past. The city boy who knows nothing about the wilderness. The young child who everyone needs to protect and worries for.
But they did not break beyond those roles. Or, at least, not enough. They didn't feel alive to me. They felt like characters, not people, if that makes any sense.
Also I felt the last 40-50 pages were rushed. Along with some more under-developed characters and a twist that I really wanted to like, but just couldn't get into.
Overall: I don't regret reading this. And I'm sure plenty of people would love it, I just wasn't one of them.
I will give it to this book, it went to some dark places. It is a book about survival in a hard world and it doesn't pull its punches doing it. Killing, sex/rape, death. It deals with these things you don't see much of in Young Adult books although they can carry them as well as any other genre, despite what some people might think.
My biggest problem with this book was the characters. I never connected with them. They filled their roles fine, I suppose. The hardened young girl whose entire life has been about surviving. The kindly old man with a dark past. The city boy who knows nothing about the wilderness. The young child who everyone needs to protect and worries for.
But they did not break beyond those roles. Or, at least, not enough. They didn't feel alive to me. They felt like characters, not people, if that makes any sense.
Also I felt the last 40-50 pages were rushed. Along with some more under-developed characters and a twist that I really wanted to like, but just couldn't get into.
Overall: I don't regret reading this. And I'm sure plenty of people would love it, I just wasn't one of them.