Reviews for Swim to Me

The average rating for Swim to Me based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-29 00:00:00 Baulin Xavier I enjoyed this book, but 2 major things really bothered me. I think the author could have completely left out the toy clown, Otto. He was annoying and not necessary to the plot. Also, what happened to the ending. It must have been swallowed up by Otto. It just sort of stopped and hung there. I kept checking the pages left to see if I was missing something. All and all, this was a very enjoyable read minus Otto. It was like taking a warm bath in some Florida sunshine.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-11-05 00:00:00 Shawn Ferguson 1.5 stars. The bulk of this novel takes place in 1972. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TOLD Betsy Carter that WALT DISNEY DIED in 1966. He wouldn't have been alive to comment on Weeki Wachi! It was a fast read, so I kept going, but I didn't care for the rudimentary prose. Not just the prose, but the plot and the characters also were under-developed. I didn't feel connected to any of the characters. Maybe because the point of view kept jumping between so many of them. The good things are that it's clean, (G-rated) and has a happy ending. But some things in the plot are so unbelievable. At one point there is a severe storm, which threatens to become a hurricaine, so people are told to evacuate their homes. Yet when the weather channel people get to the location by the ocean, there is a "little boy playing in the surf"! During a hurricaine? And while the dad is close by? So, he gets swept out and then saved, but we aren't told how he happened to be out "playing" in the first place. So Ok, but the book brings the boy and father back to the news channel for an interview the next day, and we still aren't told why they were out there in the first place! Because we needed a dramatic rescue, that's why.