A review by kenzieburns
Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This wasn't really my cup of tea. For starters, it was quite depressing, but I guess realistic future always is with the climate disaster being what it is. So, for the first half of this book I was depressed because I was like "ahh is this really what we'll be like in 25 years???" Then the second half was just trying way too hard to be feminist/woman forward. Like, I get it, the author is trying to say that patriarchal society and oppression of women can be compared to how the climate gets as bad as it is, but it just felt way too forced to be poignant in my opinion. Also, I would have appreciated if the three storylines converged a little sooner in the book, because right at the end it felt super rushed.

One thing that this book did well was describing the perspective of current (and many moren