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trisha_thomas 's review for:
The Stranded
by Sarah Daniels
This was an interesting premise and great adventure of a story! Stuck at sea for years, the Arcadia is filled with multiple generations that haven't lived on the land, only at sea. A war and unsafe land has kept them at sea, floating along trying to keep the boat going. Few still remain that once lived on land and remember what it was like.
But you don't get much history or story on the boat at first. You are quickly thrown right in to a rebelion and left, a little, scrambling to understand what's going on. I think, because that confusion, the beginnig is a little slow going. I struggled, at times, to picture the layers of the boat and how each section lived. There were the richer up top but I didn't get a good feel for how their life worked. Those struggling lived lower down, making do with very little and living in danger with gangs and violence. It was all interesting and I liked the adventure of it. The main characters were interesting and I liked learning their motivations and their secrets. There were so slow parts as I struggled to fully flesh out the boat, the lives and the residents, but it was worth it in the end. I enjoyed this one!
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
But you don't get much history or story on the boat at first. You are quickly thrown right in to a rebelion and left, a little, scrambling to understand what's going on. I think, because that confusion, the beginnig is a little slow going. I struggled, at times, to picture the layers of the boat and how each section lived. There were the richer up top but I didn't get a good feel for how their life worked. Those struggling lived lower down, making do with very little and living in danger with gangs and violence. It was all interesting and I liked the adventure of it. The main characters were interesting and I liked learning their motivations and their secrets. There were so slow parts as I struggled to fully flesh out the boat, the lives and the residents, but it was worth it in the end. I enjoyed this one!
A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.