A review by wonderenglish
Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge

2.0

I do not understand the hype for this book. It was so hard for me to get through. The only time I felt actual concern for the characters was at the very end. Main character was constantly sexualizing Sophie, even commenting about her weight loss, BECAUSE THEY ARE STRANDED ON AN ISLAND, causing her "assests" to shrink. I felt no connection to either character. Perhaps this was due to the 3rd person narrative or maybe it was just the lack of depth particularly in Sophie. Barry was given so much background in comparison to her, it really felt to me like a self-insert with a hot girl situation. 

Overall this book is pretentious and thinks it's way deeper than it is. Also the fact that Barry's "quirk" is that he's obsessed with his contact lenses is actually laughable. Good lord. 
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