Scan barcode
A review by ljrinaldi
Boy Underwater by Adam Baron
2.0
This is an odd story, told from the view point of a nine-year-old. Half of the book is a mystery of why the boy was never taught to swim, and the other half is what is going on with his mother, and why she is having a mental breakdown.
It is a bit confusing, as to where this is all going, and the second half was interesting, but putting the book all together, to me, was a disappointing mess.
The conclusion made no sense. Mostly because, if the events that lead up to the conclusion had occurred in the real world, there would have been more circumstances. Especially with the super smart friend, Veronique, who helps figure out all the other clues.
The lightheartedness of the narrator is the only thing that brings this up to a two star, rather than a one star. And the cover is quite beautiful. I would say something was lost in translation, but it is British English, that the original was written in, so that is no excuse.
Perhaps this book was just not meant for me, and that's fine.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
It is a bit confusing, as to where this is all going, and the second half was interesting, but putting the book all together, to me, was a disappointing mess.
The conclusion made no sense. Mostly because, if the events that lead up to the conclusion had occurred in the real world, there would have been more circumstances. Especially with the super smart friend, Veronique, who helps figure out all the other clues.
The lightheartedness of the narrator is the only thing that brings this up to a two star, rather than a one star. And the cover is quite beautiful. I would say something was lost in translation, but it is British English, that the original was written in, so that is no excuse.
Perhaps this book was just not meant for me, and that's fine.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.