Jelly

I really didn't enjoy this book.

I picked it up on the recommendation of a website I trust (desperately wishing I'd checked the reviews on here too) and because I love a dystopian novel, but I found this really disappointing.

I don't want to write a long review, but here are a few of the things I didn't like about this book.

Lack of backstory: we're told that two types of sea monsters emerged due to climate change, but not a lot else. In some parts, it seems like they've been on the jellyfish for nearly as long as they can remember. In others, it insinuates they haven't done a winter before on there. We're also told very little about how they live day-to-day on the jellyfish (except for toileting, which is brought up frequently). Obviously the idea is unrealistic, but I feel like it could have been brought to life a lot more with some more specific details.

Main character: she was irritating and bossy, and even though she was a kid and had no real reasoning behind her decisions, everyone just seemed to go with it.

Other characters: aside from the fact that most were completely undeveloped, and even the main four had not a lot about them except that they were ‘typical teenagers' who really only cared about shopping and fart jokes, the other characters didn't even keep to their MO. They spend half the time defending the children and keeping them safe, and then ditch them at the first sight of an emergency.

Random, irrelevant events: the crime fighters with multi-coloured hair who then appear nowhere else again? What are they about?! And the random sex which adds literally nothing to the story and isn't mentioned again?