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Jelly
by Clare Rees
This was out of my comfort zone but a good choice in total. It communicated the plot points and mannerisms of the characters well, while also bringing up climate change. The way the characters used the plastic and abandoned houses to their advantage was an excellently discreet way to say how there’s an absurd amount of pollution in the ocean (as well as everything else about rising sea levels). The POV is very important to how everything was explained, too. Assuming that Martha is around 17-20 years old, it makes the complex topic(s) digestible.
If there was a critique I had to give the book, it would be to narrow down the ages of the main 4 characters. I understand that it’s been years since they first got on the Jellyfish, but it would’ve allowed a clearer perspective on how readers could interpret the plot from Martha’s understanding. How did she end up on the Jellyfish so young? Was she swept up in chaos or deliberately involved? That sort of thing.
Overall, this book is a 4/5 for me.
If there was a critique I had to give the book, it would be to narrow down the ages of the main 4 characters. I understand that it’s been years since they first got on the Jellyfish, but it would’ve allowed a clearer perspective on how readers could interpret the plot from Martha’s understanding. How did she end up on the Jellyfish so young? Was she swept up in chaos or deliberately involved? That sort of thing.
Overall, this book is a 4/5 for me.