Flood - Stephen Baxter

[Jane B]

I am reading outside my comfort zone with this fanatsy book and even though it sounded ok from the blurb on the back, this is the most boring superficial book I have read. The characters are one dimensional, the storyline while somewhat believable (it is a post apocalyptic look at the results on the earth and its inhabitants by an ever rising sea level) takes on an unbelievable aspect because the main characters spend all of the time conveniently avoiding anything more upsetting than their AxysCorp coveralls fading and needing mending. Lucky for me I was reading it on holidays or I would have ditched it without finishing it. And I never did find out why the hostages were taken in the first place.