Gain Access To The Lifeboat Clique Developed By Kathy Parks Disseminated As Pamphlet

Veronica Mars was stranded on a lifeboat with a handful ofers, this is what would happen.


If you don't get that reference, . . My heart is sad for you,

THE LIFEBOAT CLIQUE is one of the funnest, wittiest, snarkiest books I've read in years.
Denver is a powerhouse main character with a dry wit and comedic timing that will have any reader giggling and smiling.


When Denver crashes a cool kids party in Malibu the night an earthquake hits and triggers a tsunami, she never expected to be stranded on a lifeboat with her former BFF turned mortal nemesis, Abigail, Abigail's two lackey mean girls, and one very intuitive but chill surfer boy.


As they fight to survive and not lose hope, you will cheer with them, cry with them and laugh with them.
Denver never loses her spirit and that is what drives this book, Her tenacity and fierceness is something we can all strive for, "Trevor Dunham talked quite a bit about his man part just before he drowned, "

That is the opening line to Kathy Parks The Lifeboat Clique,

Yeah.

I thought, after reading the first pages of this book, I was going to love it.
Those first pages had some vibrantly funny moments, and the language sort of excited me at first.
But then it steadfastly got on my nerves like my little brother sometimes does and I was ready to give up on it altogether.


Heres the thing, it reads like a novel draft, Im a writer and spend a fair amount of my time betareading other writers novels, This read like one of those novels, I kept finding places where a paragraph was unnecessary, an adverb slowed a sentence down, a character said something that seemed very out of character, etc.


And It seemed very unprofessional to me,

Our author, Kathy, has a very particular way of writing, one that I think shell be able to tame in order to write a book that doesnt seem so spazzy.
Even though this is one of five books shes put out into the world,

Dont get me wrong, I think there are specific readers who will enjoy this book.
Its not unenjoyable, it has great moments, but it didnt have enough to move me,

So basically, The Lifeboat Clique follows Denver Reynolds as she goes to her very first party in Malibu, which is thrown by her exbest friend Abigail, to meet a boy from school.
A tsunami strikes the coast and washes Denver, Abigail, Abigails obnoxious friends, and Trevora popular boyout to sea, where they struggle for their lives and hash over the cruel world of high school.


Great idea. Great. And I love the cover,

The writing just didnt do it for me, I didnt find that the book had a whole lot of meaning, It tries really hard to make it seem like it stands for “No matter what happens to you in life, if youre ripped out into the middle of the sea, your social status in high school cant keep you alive,” but it doesnt.
It sort of goes around and around and around and by the end what its really saying is social status is useless but nobody is ever gonna let it go and thanks for reading this book.


I get it, I get what shes saying, I just didnt find a lot of worth in it, I felt like I wasted my time,

Heres what I liked about this book:

The premise
Its a great idea, I cant deny it.
I barely read three words of the description on the inside flap before I was marching to the cashier in Barnes amp Noble.


Washing a bunch of teens who hate each other out into the middle of the ocean Sign me up.


The main character
Denver was a great character, Shes funny, annoyingly smart, very in tune, selfaware, and most importantly, independent, I found her to be an absolute breath of fresh air,

She defied the social norms and sort of looked at everything around her with this undocumented perspective Id like to read more of.
Its too bad the story hadnt been riddled with so many cliches, thus making her seem like every other girl on the block.


The drama
I expected about as much of the drama as I didnt expect.
If that makes sense. This book is centered around a friendship that fell apart between our main character and Abigail.
Its nice to read about a crumbling friendship for once when every book seems to be overpopulated by romance.


The trace amounts of romance
I dont want to give it away, because it is a definite sweet side to the book, one it desperately needed, one that gave it a little more life, but it was a great add in that kept me reading.


The intro
I loved the first, like, fifty pages of this book up until they were washed out to sea.
I loved the description of the party, how hopelessly awkward Denver was, how she really didnt care but also cared a lot, I loved the passing moments of understanding between her and her crush, and I loved the drama of the wave hitting the Malibu mansion and reading as it picked off a bunch of shitty teenagers one by one.


What I didnt like about the book:

The side characters “things”
So each character has a “thing,” so to speak.
Abigail has this stupid accent that read totally wrong, Hayley talks in long runon sentences that dont make any sense and made me hate her as a character.
Trevor drums on his leg for some unknown reason, And Sienna is just such a bitch, its hard to believe,

The drama
I liked parts of the drama and hated parts of the drama.
Some of it was unexpected, some of it made my eyes roll back in my head because it was so overdone.
We get it, SPOILER ALERT drunk girls and cameras dont mix,

The clichés
This book is riddled with clichés and its a totally unique concept.
You know the clichés are bad if the concept wasnt enough to counteract them,

The language
It was cool for fifty pages, Thats it. Then it just got on my fucking nerves,

"I had always been unsure about God, who he was and what form he took.
Did God have a beard On which side did he part his hair Was his hair white, and would he ever consider using Grecian Formula That was the problem with God.
I couldnt think of him without thinking of a million questions, Like, why did he make the color burnt orange, the ugliest color on Earth God could have prevented burnt orange, but he just stood by and let it happen.
"

Uh. Okay. Burnt orange really isnt that bad lol, And for the love of this God, break up some of your paragraphs,

The ending
It sucked, Thats all Im going to say about it,



The thing about books like thesetragic and funnyis theyre very hard to execute well.
For instance, this sort of read like it was trying to be Me and Earl and the Dying Girl in a different form.
This book actually has a quote from Jesse Andrewsthe author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girlon the cover.


“A savagely funny book, ”

Yeah, it is funny in parts, But I think it could have been done better, Its hard to mix tragedy with humor, Its hard to create a plot that is enticing enough to keep the reader hooked, I didnt think the backstory and flashbacks, which are what keeps this book moving, were enough to make me feel any type of way about this novel.


Im completely neutral,

That being said, I cant recommend, I can definitely see how this book wouldn't sit well with some people, The humor is dark, and I'd say if you're not into death being matched with a comical tone, maybe skip this one.


If you took the cast

of Mean Girls and placed them in a lifeordeath situation, you'd get The Lifeboat Clique.
After an earthquake disrupts a high school party, Denver finds herself trapped in the middle of the ocean with a drumming stoner and the cruelest, most popular girls in school, including her exbest friend, Abigail.


It's just like any other dramatic unraveling of past friendships we see in YA.
BUT they're literally roasting to death in the middle of the ocean, with practically zero supplies, and only the underwire of a bra to catch fish.
I'll take this over a cafeteria cat fight any day, It was brilliant.

Interwoven between the fight for survival, there's flashbacks featuring Denver and Abigail that slowly explain what caused their relationship to go south.
At it's core, aside from all the humor, this book centers around friendship and the essence of popularity.
And just to put it out there, there's practically zero romance, despite what the synopsis may suggest.


I had a lot of fun with this one, It's a little silly, a little crude, but in my opinion, hilariously weird, I watched a Epic read vlog where they were talking about the first lines in books.
"Trevor Dunham talked quite a bit about his man part just before he drowned, " After they said that I went out and bought a copy, When I say I bought a copy I actually purchased it in hardcover, ecopy and audible.
I cracked it open yesterday and I am already done, It was a easy story to devour and it left me feeling complete, The characters were easy to apply to people in your life or people you have met along your travels.
The story was unique, funny, hopeful and sad, There were moments that I found myself laughing and crying in the matter of minutes, This was the perfect book to get you out of any reading slump, It was well written and the lessons that are learned can be applied to your life.
It makes you think and try not to take things for granted,

My favorite character was Denver, Her voice was perfect to tell the story of the Lifeboat Clique, She was a complex character that inspire hope inside of me, I loved how funny she was and all the big words she used, I can't wait to share Denver with all of my friends because she is the type of character that needs to be in everyone's life.
She is strong and sassy and the type of girl you want as your best friend.


I normally talk about my favorite moment at this point but I can't do that.
It isn't because I don't want to give away any spoilers but it is because I just couldn't pick.
All the pages were my favorite and I find increasingly difficult to determine which moment I liked over the next.
I have to say that this is probably one of most favorite standalone YA books I have ever read.
I loved the beginning and loved how the flashbacks were perfectly woven into the story, It made everything make sense and kept you hooked, I was at work last night and found myself sneaking away in to dark corners to finish the next chapter.


I will recommend this book to all of my friends, I'm actually I got a guy at work who hates to read interested enough to pick up a copy and that is saying something.
I plan on sharing it with anyone who needs a little hope and adventure in their life.
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