Reviewed by shannonmiz on
I came kind of close to DNFing this one, actually. I was about 12% in, and I felt like I had been reading for hours (I hadn't been). And it was 432 pages, which is kind of long for a contemporary. Especially one about the rain. I was kind of hoping for a really epic apocalypse level water situation, but it really wasn't that at all. It was more like "Hmm, this place flooded a bit, and it's raining all the time for no actual reason but no one is concerned, so let's turn the town into a lake! For reasons."
Keeley is the main character, and she has these best friends, Morgan and Elise, but frankly, I felt like she just wanted Elise to go away. Then somehow, she ends up in a quasi-relationship with this guy Jesse, who she's had a big old crush on for years. So during this time, Keeley's dad is fighting for the townspeople's right to stay in their homes. And that's just something that is also happening, because Keeley is busy. She has to do immature stuff with Jesse, and ditch her friends, and be awful to the guy who was nice enough to give her a job even though the whole town is flooding away.
But then she had redeeming moments where I genuinely felt for her, and she did grow as a character, so she wasn't all bad. And while the whole flood thing wasn't exactly realistic, the relationships and friendships were, which I appreciated. I also have read that there are quite a few changes that were made in the finished copy, so maybe some of these things have been cleared up.
Bottom Line: While I didn't hate this one, it was long and draggy where it didn't need to be, and Keeley really was trying at times. But the honest relationship portrayal is a definite plus!
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- 21 April, 2016: Finished reading
- 21 April, 2016: Reviewed