Recently I have read the book The Sea of Tranquility. It is essentially a love story between two people who are tormented by themselves. The author tells this story from the perspectives of the two main characters. Nastya feels as if the real her has died and that she is only a ghost of who she used to be. Josh is living alone at the age of seventeen since everyone he has known and loved were taken from him at an early age. They both are sucked into a depression and simply try to get by in life.
Nastya switches to Josh's school with the one goal of blending in and remaining unnoticed. She is vengeful and wants to destroy the boy that destroyed her. She wants justice for what happened to her, but the only problem is that she doesn't talk. To anyone. The people at her school avoid her, but a few manage to slip through her defenses and befriend her. As she makes new friends she creates a new identity for herself, and begins to feel less damaged. She finds herself growing attached towards
Josh, the boy in her woodshop class. She learns that she is not the only one struggling. With Josh, she finds her voice and the part of herself she thought she had lost.
Josh was alone and content with it. He had no one to love, and no one loved him back. His mother and sister went first, and then his dad. His grandmother soon followed, and it was only days before cancer took his grandfather as well. Josh had all the money one could need, but at the cost of his family. When Nastya suddenly appears and seems to be more damaged than him, Josh begins to come out of his shell. He starts a friendship with Nastya that soon evolves into something more.
The story takes the form of a W-plot. There are ups, and then there are downs. There's no steady incline that ends predictably. This plot structure fits the story since it keeps it interesting. Just when you think there is falling action, the plot rises again and there is a new problem to be resolved. The suspense is also sustained since the details of Nastya's past are slowly revealed in fragments, and only at the end does everything come together in a final climax.
Overall, I found the book to be interesting and enjoyable. The suspense is what compelled me to keep reading. The only downside is that I found the character Nastya to be a little too pessimistic and blind to opportunities. She wanted justice for what happened to her, but she refused to speak to anyone. Despite that, I would still recommend this book.
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Nastya switches to Josh's school with the one goal of blending in and remaining unnoticed. She is vengeful and wants to destroy the boy that destroyed her. She wants justice for what happened to her, but the only problem is that she doesn't talk. To anyone. The people at her school avoid her, but a few manage to slip through her defenses and befriend her. As she makes new friends she creates a new identity for herself, and begins to feel less damaged. She finds herself growing attached towards
Josh, the boy in her woodshop class. She learns that she is not the only one struggling. With Josh, she finds her voice and the part of herself she thought she had lost.
Josh was alone and content with it. He had no one to love, and no one loved him back. His mother and sister went first, and then his dad. His grandmother soon followed, and it was only days before cancer took his grandfather as well. Josh had all the money one could need, but at the cost of his family. When Nastya suddenly appears and seems to be more damaged than him, Josh begins to come out of his shell. He starts a friendship with Nastya that soon evolves into something more.
The story takes the form of a W-plot. There are ups, and then there are downs. There's no steady incline that ends predictably. This plot structure fits the story since it keeps it interesting. Just when you think there is falling action, the plot rises again and there is a new problem to be resolved. The suspense is also sustained since the details of Nastya's past are slowly revealed in fragments, and only at the end does everything come together in a final climax.
Overall, I found the book to be interesting and enjoyable. The suspense is what compelled me to keep reading. The only downside is that I found the character Nastya to be a little too pessimistic and blind to opportunities. She wanted justice for what happened to her, but she refused to speak to anyone. Despite that, I would still recommend this book.
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