This was a novel about a young woman who survives a shipwreck and 21 days in an overcrowded lifeboat, contending with hunger and thirst and treacherous fellow passengers ... and yet, this was boring. I couldn't wait for it to end so I could move on to my next book. 
 There were a few different angles that this book seemed to be going for - a survival story? A courtroom drama? A weird coming-of-age feminist awakening story? - but it fell short of all of them. I think the main reason for this was the passive first-person narrative. Despite spending almost 300 pages in Grace's head, I don't know her at all. It almost seems like there was nothing to know. 
 This wasn't horrible. But I'm glad it was a short read, and I wouldn't recommend it. 
 2016 reading challenge: a debut novel