“Idiots are highly flammable, love. Let them all burn in hell.”
Alright, I know that quote is very inspiring. It’s meant to offer up some confidence for our girl Juliette. But, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO GO KILL 600 PEOPLE. I MEAN, COME ON. I have a lot to say. A lot of feelings. I can’t really be bothered to write an intro paragraph. So, here’s my best attempt: I’m shook. I’m so shook. Here are the reasons why:
Rating: 5 Shells
One question: HOW IS THE GOODREADS RATING ON THIS BOOK SO HIGH?????? I feel very out of the loop on when we decided books like this are good. For starters, the writing is immature, the characters (to be frank) lack intelligence and substance, and overall this book feels like an adult is trying their very absolute hardest to relate to the kids. So hard, in fact, that there’s a selfie stick moment. Yea, that one hurt me.
Rating: 2 Shells
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Some books are capable of transporting the reader to other worlds for moments when the book is directly in front of them. And that’s such a difficult thing to come by, just mere moments. However, other books, like this one, are so vivid that the world simply refuses to be left, even when the book is closed.
At least, that’s how I felt reading this. I had to read this book in one day (yes, had to) because when I wasn’t reading, my heart and mind were perpetually in Bartlett, Indiana. This story is just so hard to escape. The characters have such real and identifiable struggles that I empathized with them more than I think any other character I’ve had the pleasure to read about.
Rating: 5 ShellsÂ
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Books by the Water 