The Drowned Cities By Paolo Bacigalupi Review

To tell you the truth, I didn't like The Drowned Cities. I felt that was a little odd and similar to Ship Breaker. If you didn't like the first book in this series, then you won't like this number either. 

I hoped for a better story. I read the first book and found out how dreadful it truly was. I read the second book and I will tell you what I felt about this book.

Before reading: I was admiring the cover. The blue colored cover was just perfect. I enjoyed the colors yellow clashing with the blue. My thoughts: "I want to know about TOOL!"

While reading: I thought how utterly confusing this book was. My thoughts range from "what?" to " huh" to "is this author high?" (sorry but true story) (I think you are high)

After reading: "What? Hey?! Where are my freaking answers and conclusions to this book? OMG!! Not again!"

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the book has a terrible conclusion. These books the first and the second need a epilogue. What is seriously wrong with this author? Freaking!! I am never reading a book from this author again.

While being a book with no epilogue, there are some strengths. (Thank the Lord that there are some good moments and horrible ones too.) The imagery is quite strong in this book. I love the power of words in this book. The graphics of words is just...mind blowing. It just hard to explain. Really hard to explain.

The behaviors of characters were strong too. I really enjoyed the attitudes of the main characters. Especially Tool.

I was so happy when I found out the past of Tool. I feel more sympathetic towards him now. He faced so much to come this far. He is a strong character I admired. He has a strong character and a wise judgement. He never fails to repay a debt. He always remembers. He never forgets.

The other characters were remarkable. I really liked them. It was the conclusion I hated. I hate any books that don't have a conclusion. And has barely any answers. Like this one, right here.

To tell you the truth, I don't really like reviewing books like these, so this will be very short. Books like these are inconclusive and boring.

This book is a two out of five. Don't bother reading it.

Ship Breaker By Paolo Bacigalupi Review

Ship Breaker...

Before Reading: My thoughts? "Wow! The cover looks awesome! I wonder what is it about?" 

While Reading:
1. "Hmm... Interesting."
2. "Wait? What are you talking about?:
3. "Huh? Who is Tool?"
And many more thoughts...

After Reading: the paragraphs after this miniparagraph so go look down

Okay... It's has been a while since I read this book. But according to my friends and family, I have a memory of an elephant. So don't blame me if I get any of the details wrong.

This book was a disappointment, I'll admit. I wish Paolo Bacigalupi would write a good conclusion. He literally let us imagine the conclusion. There were so many questions I had. I hope the second book of this series would fill in some blanks. But I was pretty much clueless. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who likes books with a superb conclusion. Much more than a book with a conclusion.

The characters were good. The author did a good job of showing how some people can be really desperate to survive. I just wished that he explain it in much more details. Some characters were questionable. For example, the main character. Why is he so softhearted? Why he isn't like his father? How can he have compassion when the society he lives in eats up anyone who is simply nice?

So many questions? But so little answers. I hope there will be answers in the next book. Yes, this is one of those books where you shut up and read. Unfortunately. This book isn't as impressive as its cover. 

Like the questions in the "While Reading" section, these questions are perhaps questions you will ask when you read this book. Or if you ever read this book. Most likely you will not. And hopefully you won't. 

The setting... I thought the setting was a good example of what may happen to this world if we don't recycle. We need to stop pollution. A smoggy setting and a lot of dirt. Yep, I hope that won't be the future. Let's go green.

I didn't think much of the writing. It seem to be fine. It didn't really bother me unlike what happen to my friends who tried to read this book.

This book was disappointing so I assign this book as a one out of five. What a big disappointment.