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The Summer I Learned to Dive eBook Shannon McCrimmon

Could've been so much better! The story was ok, not great. The writing wasn't great, either. I am not interested enough to read the next book.
The main character finds that her mother has lied to her for 18 years. She thinks her father is dead. She finds that, not only is he alive, but her Grandparents have been writing her letters for years and Mom has hidden them. She runs away to the Grandparents to connect with that side of her family. We never find why her Dad never contacted her, and there's a wobbly love interest thrown in. Sounded good in the beginning, but didn't deliver.


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The Summer I Learned to Dive eBook Shannon McCrimmon Reviews

I really enjoyed this book.

The only way I can think to describe it is by saying that it is a very 'pleasing' book - which says nothing at all really, only that pleasing is how the book felt to me from beginning to end. I'll try to do a little better if I can...

Finley (GREAT NAME btw) is an intelligent, socially awkward 17 year old girl with a life plan. She is a good girl who has always followed the advice of her single widowed mother. She has worked hard to ensure a successful life path for herself. Then, she comes upon a secret her mother has been keeping from her for almost her entire life. Finley freaks and does what she has never done before - takes off on her own to figure things out herself, leaving behind the great life plan.

The Summer I Learned To Dive is a great beach-read kind of book. It is a wholesome drama revolving around family secrets, but it is also a lovely coming of age story with a sweet budding romance, too. I easily connected with the characters. The relationships Finley forms are extremely interesting and very believable - really the most satisfying part of the book are these interactions & watching Finley develop into her own person as a result. As Finley is new to forming relationships, you really feel for her & can somehow relate to her difficulties as she meets new people. She is very naive, but she is forced to learn quickly that she must not give her trust away to just anyone.

You have to read the book to find out the rest!

Gorgeous cover that really kept me coming back to this one before I committed to reading it! I like the sub-meanings of the title, too. Very well-thought & intelligent writing!
So far this has been a fine read. I would recommend this for either right- before- bed, or on the beach, a quiet afternoon, etc. There are quite a few dynamic features to the story line. A few twists and tunes, and the characters are pretty well developed. There are a few parts that could be edited slightly better, but I do know most authors on here prefer for their readers to help them out in this aspect.
It was not hard reading by any means, but it was also not an elementary level book. Be prepared for some love scenes. But honestly, sometimes they do add to the storyline, right?
I hope to either purchase more in this series (if there is one) or get the author motivated to write more! Not that this was left with just a cliffhanger or anything, I have just loved how the storyline was developed, and would love to know where this could head into the future. Knowing how the characters have developed, interacted, and have grown leaves me with a lot of hope for more. I always love series/ books where there is a spin- off into a similar setting, but with acquaintances that the characters had, or will have.
Overall, this is a great value and I would highly recommend it. It is a great value for the price, and it simply cannot be beat! I will be purchasing more from this author in the future, and look forward to new releases.
I'd pick 3 1/2 stars if I could. I liked the story. Finn's character development was steady throughout.

However, as others have said, the book needs a good editor. Not for grammar, which was mostly fine, but for description, character consistency, and other structural issues. For instance, there are several places where the author TELLS us how the character is feeling, then SHOWS us through his or her actions. You don't need both, and the TELLING detracts from the emotion because it distances us from the character.
There were also many times where a word or phrase was used twice nearly back to back. e.g., "used to" is repeated in the same sentence.
Sometimes character emotion felt too extreme. Finn lashes out at Jesse, going from normal to mad in a few seconds, then back again. While the emotional power of the anger was warranted, the progression was abrupt and jerky. I get it that Finn was only 18, but it still didn't feel natural at times.

That said, I really did enjoy the book. Meg and Hannah and the diner was great. The setting of South Carolina came through. I kept picking up my reader to find out what happened next.
This book reminds me a lot of Sarah Dessen's writing style, but the exposition is a lot more rushed. It just kind of seems that she runs out of the door to her grandparents in five minutes and then spends a year just getting to know them. The real problem I have with this book though is it's portryal of mental illness. As a mentally ill person it makes me really upset when characters are percieved as antagonists because of a "mental illness". In this story, a character has bipolar disorder, and they paint him as this giant monster, and he lives in the forest alone and dosen't interact with society. Bipolar people aren't like this. My very best friend is bipolar, and she manages very well. She's one of the most bubbly and social people I know. It just really rubbed me the wrong way to see that, so I gave the book two stars.
Could've been so much better! The story was ok, not great. The writing wasn't great, either. I am not interested enough to read the next book.
The main character finds that her mother has lied to her for 18 years. She thinks her father is dead. She finds that, not only is he alive, but her Grandparents have been writing her letters for years and Mom has hidden them. She runs away to the Grandparents to connect with that side of her family. We never find why her Dad never contacted her, and there's a wobbly love interest thrown in. Sounded good in the beginning, but didn't deliver.