Dry
Ratings69
Average rating4
Lo he leído en nada... ojalá fuese un libro más largo. Shusterman es que nunca decepciona... qué locura.
Es curioso el modo en que las necesidades de tu cuerpo redefinen los parámetros de tu satisfacción.
*4.4- easy to read, realistic scenarios to think about if/when this type of water shortage were to occur, relatable characters.
Ease of reading/following along: 5
Character development: 4.75
Character enjoyment: 3.75
Plot development: 4.5
Ploy enjoyment: 4
Vibe check: 4.5
= 4.41
Something about this book just didn't click for me. Maybe it's because its about something way to real to have fun reading about. I love me some apocalypse books, but they usually have a sort of magical element. This was to real to be fully enjoyed. To depressing.
I think I would have had a different experience reading this if I had read it before our own generation's disaster time. After the pandemic though it feels though it makes some things much more mild or unrealistic. Like waiting a couple of hours to go to the store. I know now for a fact that if there was even a whisper of any shortage the public would make it a million times worse by preemptively buying it all out.
So this is more a 3.5 rounded to 4.
While I enjoyed the writing and the dystopian type feel to the situation, I was left a tad irritated with how it ended. It went from them fighting for survival, complete chaos, and murder to BAM here's a new normal. Ummm what?! I want to say more but don't want to give anything important away.
Other than that disappointment I loved the premise, the characters and the situations they found themselves in and the ones they had to fight their way out of. If the world did dry up I think this is a pretty accurate reflection of what it could be like.
While I didn't fully love this one, I still recommend it. It's a quick and interesting read.
Oh wow, that's one of the Best apocalyptic books I've ever read!!!! Partially because it's such a good concept, and partially because the main characters don't end up dating!!! That's so rare in young adult novels that it was really, Really nice to see!!! Granted, I read a lot of contemp. books For the romance/dating aspect, but when reading a book where that's not the main focus, it's nice for them to not actually add it in like so many other writers do.
I drank so much water listening to this! Though they give a hopeful ending, this book feels like a glimpse into a pretty close future that i believe we are as a society are in no way working to avoid. Definitely makes me want to up my own conservation and environmental efforts. Very discussable and would be great paired with lots of nonfiction on the topic. Some hackneyed/out of touch writing (I saw the real him as if he was being unzipped from a zip drive?!?!?!) but the action and pacing made that easier to overlook.
[4.25] Absolutely stellar. The direction this took felt frighteningly real. A world without quick, easy access to water is quite possible, and terrifying to think about. In some ways I had trouble finishing this book; not because I didn't like it, but because it felt too real. The main characters are dumb, and many reviewers have fairly criticized the book for that. I don't blame them for it, but I'm okay with it because it feels purposeful. It makes sense to me. We do dumb shit when we're in crisis-mode, that's just a given. That effect is compounded when it's teenagers in crisis-mode. There were times when I wanted to shake characters by the shoulders and tell them what it be like it do when it am – and that's why it's not a perfect 5-star – but overall I found it really enjoyable.