I thought the premise of this book was interesting, but in the end it turned out to be just a lot of heavy-handed environmentalism wrapped up in a soap opera plot. 
 And not the good, trashy-yet-enjoyable kind of soap opera either. But the kind that involves totally dubious use of kidnapping and rape as plot points. And a narrator who is trying way too hard to be funny and likeable. 
 The writing is mediocre at best and the plot is so tenuous it's practically nonexistent. Sure, things happen, but so little is revealed to the narrator and reader until you're basically on top of it. And it felt like the narrator kept fucking things up because no one would really explain things properly to her. And I really just had no sympathy for anyone. 
 Basically, don't waste your time with this one.