Our Brothers at the Bottom of the Bottom of the Sea

author: Jonathan David Kranz
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.06
book published: 2015
rating: 2
read at: 2015/09/04
date added: 2015/09/04
shelves: young-adult
review:
'Our Brothers at the Bottom of the Bottom of the Sea' by Jonathan David Kranz tells a story of love an loss in a beach town. I liked the premise a lot but I felt a bit let down by the execution.

Ethan and Rachel have something in common. Both have lost brothers and both deaths are tied in with the local amusement park. Both are trying to process what happened and find justice. Ethan's brother kept a diary that holds secrets that may implicate the owner of the park. He's powerful and uncaring, but his daughter might have soemthing to say about things.

I'm not sure what I expected, but I didn't get it. I had a hard time caring about the characters. I think I cared more about the dead brothers than those they left behind. The themes have certainly been done before elsewhere and probably better. I found the diary entries confusing for the first half of the book. The ending was probably more like real life would be, but I just found I didn't care for this tepid drama.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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