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Vivid Everglades Setting Makes For Harrowing (if Underdeveloped) Survival Tale


While I had issues with other parts of Lost in the River of Grass (available January 28, 2012) by Ginny Rorby, the one thing the author does extremely well is bring the Everglades to vivid and frightening life. Her descriptions of the snakes, the alligators, the wolves, even the mosquitoes, sent chills running up and down my spine. If only that kind of care had been extended to the characters, this would have been a much more satisfying book. Unfortunately, Sarah and Andy remain rather flat. Despite spending most of the story with just the two of them, I didn't feel any closer to them on Page 200 than I did on Page 22. Add in a somewhat dissatisfying ending, containing a surprise announcement (Sarah's black? Huh? Why are we not finding this out until Page 239? Actually, I'm still confused—is she black?), and I ended up feeling annoyed with the whole novel. A bummer since Rorby really kept me enthralled with her descriptions of the Everglades. I just wish the rest of the book was as well-developed as the setting.
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It sounds exciting. Too bad about the characters. I'll keep my eye out for this author. Maybe in the future, they'll iron out the characterization problems.
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