Given her upbringing, it made sense that Lynn didn’t trust anyone.
I thought her characterization was great. She’s a hard heroine, raised to be fierce and independent, by a mother who became a hard woman in order to survive in a world that was falling apart. For me, Not a Drop to Drink delivered on both fronts. But a lack of originality is fine, provided the characters are interesting and the story are interesting. Given how many dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels there are, it’s hard to be original and this book isn’t. Now she has to protect them too while the scavengers she’s been fending off growing in strength and number. But when she encounters strangers camping out by the stream near her home, Lynn learns what it means to trust and love another human being. Not only does she have hungry coyotes to deal with but she also has to protect her home from scavengers who’d love nothing more than to steal it from her. When her mother is killed by coyotes, Lynn must now fend for herself. She’s used to it and wants nothing more than to remain in the family home with her mother. It’s a hard life but it’s the only one she’s ever known. Lynn’s existence is one of desperate survival: purifying drinking water, fending off coyotes, finding enough food to last the winter, and protecting their pond against strangers who’d want to steal their precious water. I found this idea far easier to believe than some other dystopian concepts I’ve read. Then I heard the premise for your debut novel: a world in which fresh water became a scarce, much sought after resource. The books weren’t working for me, and I was growing increasingly frustrated. Jia B- Reviews dystopian / Harper-Teen / post-apocalyptic / survival / Young-Adult Comments Off on REVIEW: Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnisĪ few months ago I mentioned a personal need to take a break from the YA dystopia subgenre. SeptemREVIEW: Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
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