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A review by kimball_hansen
Adrift by Paul Griffin
1.0
I saw the preview of the self-same title a few weeks ago, I figured I'd check out the book before and if I watched the film. I don't think the film is going to be much like this book. The film says it's based on actual event, but nothing here told me this story was even remotely true. There were times when I really wanted to give this 4 stars and other times it just made me mad. I will settle on 1.5 stars. Here's why:
The narrator was pretty bad for the audio version. There wasn't much distinction between the voices making it very hard to tell who was speaking. And while we're on that note, the writing style wasn't too great either. Even if there was a good narrator, it was still hard to tell who was speaking because the dialog structure and composition didn't flow well at all. At least the author narrated this book. Props to that, especially for fiction. But it'd have been at least another star if a professional narrator had done it.
Weak characters. You couldn't connect with any of them really. Maybe Matt, and that's a big maybe.
I couldn't quite picture what kind of boat they were on nor the size of it. Especially coming from someone that doesn't know anything about boats, the author should have done a much better job describing it to help paint the picture in my mind.
The characters acted way too dumb for being in the situation they were in. All they did was just argue especially towards the end. And speaking of the end,
The underlying drama of John's. In fact, this story had potential to be very, very good but was instead a great, big let down.
Matt and Dri
But it would be pretty terrible to be on a boat with an unmedicated Jojo. That shark scene was wild.
it didn't really go into how they adjusted. The author could have touched more on that.
The narrator was pretty bad for the audio version. There wasn't much distinction between the voices making it very hard to tell who was speaking. And while we're on that note, the writing style wasn't too great either. Even if there was a good narrator, it was still hard to tell who was speaking because the dialog structure and composition didn't flow well at all. At least the author narrated this book. Props to that, especially for fiction. But it'd have been at least another star if a professional narrator had done it.
Weak characters. You couldn't connect with any of them really. Maybe Matt, and that's a big maybe.
I couldn't quite picture what kind of boat they were on nor the size of it. Especially coming from someone that doesn't know anything about boats, the author should have done a much better job describing it to help paint the picture in my mind.
The characters acted way too dumb for being in the situation they were in. All they did was just argue especially towards the end. And speaking of the end,
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Matt and John just stopped talking to each other after being rescued? No, that's not how that would have played out in real life. These situations bring people closer together. They were best friends before the accident even. The same with dumb Dri. She left and fell off the face of the earth after everything happened. Not cool. Plus why was she acting so retarded after John saved her from the storm? She was mad at both of them. Then when she and Matt finally see each other after almost a year they act like best friends. And then she just leaves. Two things that also wouldn't have happened given these circumstances.The underlying drama of John's
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father being killed was a pretty weak story after all was said and done. It could have been utilized much betterMatt and Dri
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kissed after more than 10 days of being out on the boat when they were all sick and nasty. It just came out of nowhere. There was nothing that sparked it. If they were going to get romantic, they would have done it on the first or second day.But it would be pretty terrible to be on a boat with an unmedicated Jojo. That shark scene was wild.