Drowning
Fiction
Simon and Schuster
May 30, 2023
Hardcover
304
Purchased
Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside.
More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives.
Their only chance at survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris Kent—Shannon’s mother and Will’s soon-to-be ex-wife—who must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter and rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff.
There’s not much time.
There’s even less air.
With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense, Drowning is an unforgettable thriller about a family’s desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with them—against impossible odds.
My review:
If you thought last week's reviewed book was fast paced and pulse pounding, that one was just a palate cleanser for this! From the very first pages, you are in for a wild ride in this fast paced rescue. I loved this author's first work Falling, but I think this one was even better! Two things I should note. One, the author is a former flight attendant, so she has done her research and knows her stuff regarding emergency protocols and equipment on airplanes. Makes the story that much more believable. Two, my worst nightmare when it comes to dying is by drowning! I honestly wasn't even sure if I could read this without hyperventilating, but it was so riveting that I couldn't stop (like a train wreck you can't look away from). I will say that this story is almost completely based on plot. There is a bit of character backstory on three of the members of one family, but that's about all you get. I'm a pretty character based reader, but in this case it didn't bother me at all, and I still managed to get teary eyed over one of the lesser developed passengers.
I read this book in one sitting, which suggests why I'm calling it fast paced, addictive, and a page turner from start to finish. I can't recommend this enough to all the thrill seeker readers, but you probably shouldn't read it on a plane (especially one traveling over water)! I've heard this is already optioned for a movie, should be a good one.
