Does it seem like apocalypic/dystopian works meant for adults just don't pack the same punch as those targeted at a young adult audience (or is this just me)? America Pacifica, [b:The Dog Stars|13330761|The Dog Stars|Peter Heller|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1333577302s/13330761.jpg|18538203], and [b:White Horse|12173462|White Horse|Alex Adams|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1326018441s/12173462.jpg|17144967] all left me feeling kind of "meh". They aren't bad, but they also don't really hold my attention.

In America Pacifica, I never really felt anything for the main character, Darcy. I didn't feel bad for her when her mom disappeared, I didn't even really care about her future. And then the end of the book? WTH? It suddenly goes from describing events to some kind of vague notion of...being saved? Dying? I have no idea.

I liked aspects of this book. The world-building was pretty interesting, but it would have been nice to have a little more description -- did they just pick an island and use trash and "solvent" to build it up?

Not a bad read...but no where near one of my favorites.

This book had an interesting setting and back story, but the actual plot and characters had no point and no redeeming qualities. Wouldn't recommend.

Didn’t love this YA post clime apocalypse survival tale.

I haven't updated for awhile, and I read this a few months ago, but I overall liked this book. There were a few things that bothered me - like the fact that that the main character seemed to know what a lot of things were, despite the fact that she had never seen them or knew nothing about them. And it's definitely not a book for children. But I really liked the concept, but just wish there were a few things that were different.

This book was very meh. It has an interesting premise but the execution isn’t that great. The ending definitely sucked. It probably would have only given it 2 stars but it actually got pretty good in the middle after a slow build and a terrible ending. A lot of questions not only left but quite a few “what?” and “huh?” moments throughout.

Didn’t love this YA post clime apocalypse survival tale.

"People like you and me, we're the next generation."

This was a very odd book. At first, it was jarring - full of weird lingo, a lot of food with the word 'jelly fish' in front of it, and jobs and locations that were familiar but not. Soon enough, I got the rhythm of the storytelling and it all started to meld together. The circus, the missing, the hunt, the rulers and the haves/have nots. It's still a weird story that didn't feel cohesive from beginning to end but it was interesting.

I thought finding out the information about each area and the food were intriguing. The order of the boats and how their caste system worked was interesting too. The search for the missing, though, was odd and full of weird sexual situations. It's not that I don't think these types of situations could be present, I'm sure they would be, but they just felt odd in the story.

But once we got moving on the plot and figured out what everyone planned to do and she got her ankle finally set (along with some answers), then the story went faster and was more interesting. The end is probably the most disappointing part of the story.

I'm not much of a reviewer, but I thought I'd put down my thoughts since I did get it in the Goodreads Giveaway.

Well, I thought the book was written very well. Sometimes I found it hard to picture the world Anna North created, especially all the Sea-whatever material, but I got by. There's a quite a lot of descriptions about areas the main character, Darcy, visits and most of them aren't pretty. I started to feel dirty when reading some parts, so I guess the author succeeded in that? I started to feel like I was actually there, seeing and smelling all the stinky mess.

There wasn't much action going on in America Pacifica. I suppose I've grown too accustomed to fast paced action filled dystopian novels (especially after reading Unwind by Neal Shusterman). I mean, there were slaps, jabs, punches and such, but I wanted more. The ending started to get some action though. But anyway, most of the time, I felt Darcy was just walking and talking, walking and talking. Darcy was very rooted in finding her mother, Sarah.

Overall, it's a pretty good dystopian novel with a lot of back story and flashbacks and a determined female lead. There's a couple of other characters as well, ones that Darcy meets on her journey to find her mother. The ending pretty much leaves it up to your imagination - yeah, it's one of those endings. But I didn't mind~