Great idea, mild confusion

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First off, kudos to the author for creating a unique setting for THE VANISHING DEEP. I was swept away (pun intended) from the first chapter. It was Astrid's way of giving us these deep, realistic characters that drew me in. She has a way of writing protagonists with such emotion, and I loved that.

The world was incredibly different than anything I've ever read. Tempest lives on one of the few reefs that survived after an ice cap melted and flooded the world. They live off of fishing and foraging the world before with diving expeditions. The life the author gave to this scenario was impeccable from the way they dressed to the small things like how people earn their keep.

It was because of all this that the idea of having a place that brings pretty much brings the dead back to life for 24 hours seems very fa fetched. One one side we have these simple people trying to survive after a world catastrophe and then we have an institute where technology is so advanced, I just couldn't wrap my head around it. I loved the idea that Tempest revived her sister so she could find out the real cause of their parent's death and how they had to escape the institute to uncover the secrets that ultimately lead them to a bigger conspiracy. Believe me, and I loved all that. But there were some things that had me scratching my head that I never got answers to, and it felt as though I was being glossed over because there was no explanation, and they all hoped us readers wouldn't notice.

All in all, solid ideas, too many unanswered questions, and mild confusion.