I picked this book up at work. I hadn't heard of it before and I thought the premise sounded so different and weird. 

Different and weird is pretty apt. It was a bit like watching a B movie and not being able to look away. It must have been entertaining enough for me to care how it ended because I finished it. I will also say that I'm not the right age for this book so my enjoyment level might be different from that of a 13 year old! 

I wasn't a fan of the writing style and I didn't laugh once, even though it's a humorous take on a post apocalyptic situation. Again, I'm not the target audience.

You really have to suspend your disbelief for some of the plot points. It felt as though the author was figuring things out at the same time the characters were. Some of the plans were questionable. And I wasn't sure how long these people had been on the jellyfish. Was it years or months? How much did the teens remember of the world before the apocalypse? There are a lot of questions that go unanswered.

But I did like the characters and I felt like the dialogue and dynamic, especially between the main four teenagers, flowed really well. The author is a teacher so that makes sense!

It does have a satisfying end and I also like the fact that the characters look and smell like they've been stuck on a jellyfish for a good while. No perfect hair and makeup here.

2/5

fun and cute, i liked the character interactions. my one gripe is how simple the prose felt ? not sure how to describe it but it felt very pragmatic, like "i go here and do the thing" style of writing. it makes sense for some parts of the book, since the focus character is a teenager trying not to die on a giant jelly monster, but i wish that there were more flourishes . part of the fun of reading about a giant monster is all the Gorey adjectives the author uses to describe it, and i just didn't get that.