A review by mimimilaa
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

4.0

This book was definitely fun and an easy read. It's very fast paced and I got through the whole thing in two sittings, less than 24 hours. I thought this story was very unique and an interesting futuristic world. That being said, I really wish that we had gotten a bit more world-building up front. As I said, this book was very fast-paced; by page 100 you've already reached the tough decision talked about at the back on the back of the book. I loved the writing in this book and really the only complaint that I have is that it's not longer and the world wasn't developed enough. Because of this, though, there were times when I was a bit confused by what was going on but I managed to understand it.
I love Nita as a character; even though she is a swank she wants to work and put in the effort to make it back to her family and I think that's very admirable. The emerging love interest was kind of a given to me, very cliche in my opinion, but I am a sucker for some romance so it wasn't that big of a deal. I'm hoping that Nailer and Pima stay platonic, though, because I really don't want to see them go down the path of a love triangle. I also think it's nice to just simply have a friendship between a boy and a girl; they don't always have to end up together.
Nevertheless, I am so excited to pick up the companion novel, The Browned Cities.