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A review by taranicolewilson
H2O by Virginia Bergin
1.0
If I'm being honest, I hate giving bad reviews. I feel like all books have some good quality about them, even if they are the worst of the worst. I believe I may have to go against my own beliefs today.
H20 has a good idea. Killer rain? Cool, sounds interesting. I was exited to buy and read it, regardless of what other reviews has said. I really wished I listened to the other reviews, because I want a refund.
I'm just going to list off my problems with the book:
1. The writing. It sucked. No offense to the author, but it is horrible. I felt like I was reading a fan fiction more than a novel. Here is an example of sentences that pissed me off: "DO. WE. HAVE. ANY. COFFEE?" Sarah asked Barbary." I kid you not. Direct quote.
2. The main character. Ruby Morris, 15 year old who cares about no one but herself and is the most stupid character alive but still manages to survive. She literally went off to buy makeup and clothes in an apocalypse and thinks everyone will judge her because she is with a kid who was unpopular. ughhhhhhhh. Sorry, I just can't stand her. Also She decided to bring her flip flops with her. HER FLIP FLOPS, WHEN KILLER RAIN IS CAUSING DISASTER.
3. World building. The author did more telling than showing. She gave no descriptions at all, and didn't give any details about characters. I have a direct quote from the author here: "As for Ruby, well I won't reveal what she looks like, because I don't like describing my characters." .....what. Isn't the whole point of a book, to give some description, so readers can imagine what everything looks like?
4. Plot. It was just bleh. A whole pile of blah. It didn't make any sense half the time and I had to reread so many passages just to find out what was happening. Again, the author tells more than shows, and it was way too confusing.
Overall, the idea for H20 was good. The author just didn't deliver. I do admit, I'm curious as to what might happen in the sequel, but I have no desire to read it. I would not recommend this to anyone who wants to keep their sanity.
(P.S: I feel horrible for writing this, but it's the truth)
H20 has a good idea. Killer rain? Cool, sounds interesting. I was exited to buy and read it, regardless of what other reviews has said. I really wished I listened to the other reviews, because I want a refund.
I'm just going to list off my problems with the book:
1. The writing. It sucked. No offense to the author, but it is horrible. I felt like I was reading a fan fiction more than a novel. Here is an example of sentences that pissed me off: "DO. WE. HAVE. ANY. COFFEE?" Sarah asked Barbary." I kid you not. Direct quote.
2. The main character. Ruby Morris, 15 year old who cares about no one but herself and is the most stupid character alive but still manages to survive. She literally went off to buy makeup and clothes in an apocalypse and thinks everyone will judge her because she is with a kid who was unpopular. ughhhhhhhh. Sorry, I just can't stand her. Also She decided to bring her flip flops with her. HER FLIP FLOPS, WHEN KILLER RAIN IS CAUSING DISASTER.
3. World building. The author did more telling than showing. She gave no descriptions at all, and didn't give any details about characters. I have a direct quote from the author here: "As for Ruby, well I won't reveal what she looks like, because I don't like describing my characters." .....what. Isn't the whole point of a book, to give some description, so readers can imagine what everything looks like?
4. Plot. It was just bleh. A whole pile of blah. It didn't make any sense half the time and I had to reread so many passages just to find out what was happening. Again, the author tells more than shows, and it was way too confusing.
Overall, the idea for H20 was good. The author just didn't deliver. I do admit, I'm curious as to what might happen in the sequel, but I have no desire to read it. I would not recommend this to anyone who wants to keep their sanity.
(P.S: I feel horrible for writing this, but it's the truth)