by Polly Holyoke
Trapped in the ocean -- with no way out. Suddenly, her relentless hands grab my head and force it under the water. :You'll be all right.: I hear my mother's words in my mind. :I promise you. Just relax and breathe in.: My lungs are pure fire now. I have to breathe. I have no strength left to fight ...
It took me a while to get through this and I read a few books in between finishing which I usually don't do. I just could not get into this for anything. I did finish it but never fell in love with the characters or the story. It's a cool concept - swimming in the ocean and living and talking with d...
(This review was originally posted at My Library in the Making.)The Neptune Project caught me by surprise. I'd known that it was about a group of kids who were genetically-engineered to survive living underwater, but I had no idea that it was post-apocalyptic/dystopian. That actually made the story ...
Polly Holyoke makes a fantastic splash with her middle-grade debut The Neptune Project! Part dystopian, part sci-fi, and overflowing with adventure, action, and suspense, this middle-grade read kept me captivated for hours.Nere Hanson lives in a grim dystopian future where the Earth has been ravaged...
2.5 stars.
I'm not quite sure what I think of this book. The idea behind it is really interesting, and it was well written, but I think the execution was lacking a bit. I'll need to mull things over in my head a bit more. Still, a fun read! Full review to come...
"Dad's alive?" I stare at my mother. At first I can't believe her, but I see the truth in her eyes. I feel like screaming for joy. My father is alive! And then I want to hit her.LOL.Everything is so flat and dull and boring and bland.... ._. I don't think this book is for me.
I was flat out excited to land this ARC when it popped up on Netgalley. I had my eye on this one for a while, and I finished it as soon as I could. The Neptune Project targets a young audience wishing to work at Sea World when they reach an adult age (which isn't a bad thing). The author knew her...
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