This book was a pretty slow starter for me, until around the half way point when I couldn’t put it down. The ending was just a bit odd and felt entirely rushed. The fact that both parents survived and both happened to be in facilities that had water was ridiculous, and then Jacqui ending up being alive at the end like. There was never any worry about any character because you knew they were never in danger BUT this book had too many moments of the characters surviving and getting out of things that they just shouldn't have.

Events can make good people do bad things and then you have to live with it. In terms of the plot, I will admit that some bits were interesting the different reactions of people to the tap-out were intriguing and I felt vaguely realistic. I always find it hard to enjoy a book if I don't love the characters and this is where this book fell down for me. They just very much seemed to be stereotypical characters who didn't leave their box. I could not see any character development throughout this book and instead they stayed the same daft characters that we started with. I hated every main character in this book (and there were a lot) and they all felt so one-note and annoying. fell flat due to the awful awful characters. What could have been a really interesting look at humanity, and how they cope in the face of abject horror and little hope. I absolutely adored the Scythe series and Unwind, but this one felt like a completely different author and didn't seem to have the same heart or grit that the other books had. Ohh I did not think I'd be saying this about a Neal Shusterman book but I did not like this book.

Dry by neal shusterman