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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
In the novel The Living, a boy named Shy works on an expensive cruise ship, serving people and raising enough money to support his family after losing his grandmother to Romero disease. He watches a man fall to his death off the side of the boat trying to save him, but the man says some suspicious things before he jumps. After a nasty storm occurs at sea, a tsunami takes out the cruise ship, and leaves everyone either dead or fighting for their lives. This story goes through Shy's struggles at sea, and how he fights for his life in a broken boat. The Living takes the reader on a bumpy road of plots and twists, leaving the reader clueless of what will happen next. Even though this book was expressed in great detail, the author leaves the reader with a loose idea of Carmen and Shy's relationship. Anyone who has an eye for complex books would greatly enjoy de la Pena's high-maintenanced story of a lost boy, both at sea and in his mind.
Well-written, but the plot was really predictable, as in, I guessed the twist as soon as the hint came up.
MATT DE LA PENA
This book was so much fun! It's an apocalyptic sort of book, it takes place mostly on a cruise ship and then a mysterious island, it has a pretty diverse cast of characters, and there is SO MUCH ACTION. There was enough depth to the characters and plot that I felt somewhat invested in the outcome (though I probably won't read the second book) but the best part of the book was definitely all the action. It was definitely a page-turner. My brothers would love this book.
This book was so much fun! It's an apocalyptic sort of book, it takes place mostly on a cruise ship and then a mysterious island, it has a pretty diverse cast of characters, and there is SO MUCH ACTION. There was enough depth to the characters and plot that I felt somewhat invested in the outcome (though I probably won't read the second book) but the best part of the book was definitely all the action. It was definitely a page-turner. My brothers would love this book.
Shy works on a cruise ship where he can get his mind off of all the chaos at home. Thinking of home makes him remember losing his grandmother to Romero's Disease, so Shy concentrates on his job and his crush, Carmen. Carmen lost her father to the same disease, and two have definitely formed a tight relationship, though unfortunately for Shy it's only platonic. Soon Shy has other things to worry about, when he witnesses a man commit suicide by jumping overboard. After that, a strange man in a suit begins following him. None of that matters, however, when all of a sudden the ship is damaged after a gigantic wave hits the boat. That's when Shy's goal becomes to simply survive.
What an adventure! I know many students who love a great suspenseful story, and this one is definitely that!
What an adventure! I know many students who love a great suspenseful story, and this one is definitely that!
One of the best examinations of the human condition intertwined in a gripping survival story.
Very intense and interesting, but the variety of plot strands (from survival to apocalypse to corporate evilness) get a little overwhelming.
the lack of an ending makes me think there will be a second book.
nothing happened, then there was a long disaster, then there was a series of good news -> bad news scenarios, then it ended unexpectedly.
the audiobook reader seemed to speak slowly and with odd pauses, giving me the impression of a perfectly fluent but non-native speaker. difficult when the tension in the book has me yelling at the guy to speed up.
nothing happened, then there was a long disaster, then there was a series of good news -> bad news scenarios, then it ended unexpectedly.
the audiobook reader seemed to speak slowly and with odd pauses, giving me the impression of a perfectly fluent but non-native speaker. difficult when the tension in the book has me yelling at the guy to speed up.
Eh. Too much was going on for me to handle. It was a survival story, it was a disease story, it was a love story, it was a natural disaster story....way too much in my opinion. Plus, the whole time i was confused about if this was real or not. The whole story felt like it was a dream. I really didn't like this. It was not for me.