Entry 4

Eddie Puisis

Ship Breaker

Paolo Bacligalupi

          I picked this book because it definitely is more of a male type book. Also I am a big fan of apocalyptic type books or books after a large catastrophe has occurred. I had just finished a book called The Road which is just that and I enjoyed. So I was looking for something along those lines. So I picked this book, Ship Breaker. In this book oil has run out and the ice caps have melted. I did make many connections in this book. In fact, beside gender and age the protagonist, Nailer, and I are very different. He lives in poverty with just he abusive father and struggles to survive every day. I felt more sympathy towards Nailer which drew me closer to the book.  I would recommend this book to mostly men, men who like end of the world books and action. The reason I feel women wouldn’t like this book is because there is more action than drama and although it does have a happy ending its more surviving than it is falling in love. This book wasn’t all that great. There was a lot of foreshadowing, which made the book very predictable. There weren’t many surprises in this book.