Garagagagaag, don't read this review if you esteem this book. I don't want to sleep with my lights turn on at night, worrying that some The Sea of Tranquility fans might come to murder me. 
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 Every bookworm knows this equation: 
 Holidays = Nothing to Do = Grabbing a random, sentimental, praised book to read and have some fangirling 
 The Sea of Tranquility opened with a lot of premises. There are scenes where I adored and there are really places where Josh and Natsya's chemistry sparked. 
 But it plummeted. Instead of the promises of a beautiful, romantic love story connecting two teenagers together, I got very dull, boring chapters repetitively describe Natsya's attempt dress as a slut, walk around the school year, meet Josh, go to Josh's garage, talk with Josh, go to Josh's garage, talk more with Josh, running, running, and sleeping, and punching some bags... Yeah, whatever. 
 I noticed a lot of consistencies in this book. 
 First thing: Why Natsya's attempt to dress like a slut? I mean, that's the fastest way to get attention, and there's no logical reason why she should dress like a slut. She was violently assaulted, granted, but she wasn't sexually abused or suffered any sexual humiliation, right? This self-destructive behavior is weird and really not healthy. If I was in Natsya's case, I would dress like any other normal teenager and wears up a false mask of normal tedium, act as other expected me to be so people wouldn't suspect anything. Natsya's crazy makeup wearing and unwillingness in cooperation are very attention-seeking and not a good way to remain invisible. 
 Second thing: the adults in this world are pretty much nonexistent. As I said before, the role of family is very important in life. We barely see Natsya's mother and father break down, or attempts to persuade her... blah blah blah... and there is a very nonchalant and uncaring aunt ho let a 17 year-old girl run at 11pm without adult supervision! Nuts! Especially if she was violently assaulted before, duh. 
 Third thing: uh, I feel the portrayal of American dudes in here a little bit overwhelming. I mean, in real life, at my high school, I didn't really thing a guy would be leering at an antisocial, full of makeup bitch all the time and keeps doing suggestive movements. All of the characters in this book is sort of like a cliche. And the sexual tension, wtf? I hate those books where the guys keep viewing the females as a sexual object before getting to know them... man, it's just completely stupid. 
 Moreover, I especially hate the argument between Natsya's brother and Josh. Seriously, your sister is mental and disappears in a dude's house, you got every right to inspect and question and suspect the dude. But Josh just had to be so bitchy about it. 
 I stop reading this around chapter 30 something, because I snooze along the pages. This book can really be shorten and still haven't miss anything. It's just a very poor attempt to demonstrate two boring loners who for some weird reasons, easily befriended the cool and popular group aka Drew, Sarah..etc, and have a super predictable love, and second chances.... yada yada yada 
 Maybe I am so over the period of liking soapy, romantic novels. 
 P.S: there are some enjoyable moments however, and I especially like the quote of "uncoditional love". Pretty insightful.