This book reminded me of the movie Waterworld. It takes place in presumably the future when the world has been mostly flooded and only a few small islands remain.
Most of people in the world don't live on land and are called damplings. The people who live on the land are called landlockers. The story follows a dampling girl named North, and a landlocker named Callanish. Their paths cross a few times, and the story is basically the events leading up to their ending up together.
One thing I both liked and was frustrated by with this book was the story was very centered on the characters. The world was described in some detail, but mostly as related to things the characters were encountering. The world itself seemed interesting, but the book did not go into much detail about it.
A few things I found confusing:
Most of the interactions of the dampling characters in the book are with the landlockers. If there are supposed to be so many people living on boats how do the characters rarely run into them?
The world has no discernible signs of technology, but the circus scenes describe some rather fancy lighting techniques.
Overall I enjoyed the book. It was a quick and easy read.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
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