A review by readinginmaine
Drowning by T.J. Newman

2.0

The basic premise was engaging. The flight crew’s professionalism and actions were well crafted but I wanted far more backstory on each of them. I thought the author’s distribution of time across all aspects of the story was off, giving too much time to technical specifics and not enough time to character development. I struggled to visualize the concepts around the rescue actions.

In a story the had too little characterization, it also felt lazy to use the same heavy trauma trope for two characters. Would the mom trying to rescue her family have cared any less without the additional trauma in the backstory?

Overall, this book kept me reading, but I was frustrated throughout.