Rock the Boat
Thank you, The Dial Press, for the gifted copy of Rock the Boat! {partner}
Genre: Fiction
Trope: Small Town
Pub Date: 6.29.21
Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5
“Well, the alligator gets us all in the end, my dear. It’s a matter of perspective — and skincare. ”
Rock the Boat is packed full of the dynamics and idiosyncrasies that are often found in a small town – while the book does focus on Kate, Ziggy, and Miles, there were several other characters that we learned about throughout the book. By the end, I felt like I knew the characters in this book as if they were my neighbors (which I’m very close with, btw).
🏘 Small town charm featuring your typical town “scrooge”
🏃🏽♀️ All three characters are running from their own problems
📚 Focus on saving the library
🙅🏽♀️ Didn’t feel a connection to the characters
🚧 Showed the impacted overdevelopment can have on small towns and their histories
☑️ The main characters were not in their 20s
✂️ In-depth character descriptions
My two biggest complaints about the book are that I felt it became a little wordy at times – I could flip to the next page and the same topics were still being discussed. The first part of the story is told in alternating chapter perspectives of each of the 3 MC’s but then it switches to all of their perspectives in one chapter which made it hard to follow at times.
How do you feel about books with unlikeable characters?
The Bookend Diner 
One response to “Rock the Boat”
[…] Rock the Boat – 3.5 ⭐️ […]
LikeLike