Whalefall

Well... more like a 3.5.

As other reviewers have stated... we get it, your dad sucked. The balance on father issues was a little too weighted where at times it felt a wee bit, get on with your life.

That being said, the main character is 17 and if you haven't hung out with a 17 year old lately, they are pretty much all about themselves. It tracks.

But what I really loved about this book was listening to it 20 minutes at a time before bed. Many sections of it were edge of your seat and as his air levels decreased in his tanks you felt the tension rising. Also did you know you could use a jellyfish as a nightlight? Very cool.

What pulls it to a 3.5 for me was it could have been cut by 40-50 pages, because at a certain point I was just ready for him to die already.

Since I'm not a jerk I won't spoil the ending, but there is a 50 / 50 outcome and I'm pretty sure you can guess what happens before cracking the book and be right.