Name: Girl at Sea
Rating: 4.136363636363637 (22 reviews)
ISBN: 9780060541453

Maureen Johnson

High-school junior Clio Ford reluctantly gives up her dream job and a potential first kiss to take a working vacation with her estranged father on a yacht in Italy.

Girl at Sea

Sometimes you have to get lost . . . The Girl: Clio Ford, seventeen, wants to spend the summer smooching her art-store crush, not stuck on a boat in the Mediterranean. At least she'll get a killer tan. The Mission: Survive her father's crazy antics. Oh, and also find some missing underwater treasure that could unlock the secrets of civilization. The Crew: Dad's wacky best friend Martin, his bizarre research partner Julia, her voluptuous daughter Elsa . . . and then there's Aidan, Julia's incredibly attractive, incredibly arrogant assistant. What's going on behind Aidan's intellectual, intensely green eyes, anyway? As Clio sails into uncharted territory she unveils secrets that have the power to change history. But her most surprising discovery is that there's something deeper and more cryptic than the sea—her own heart. . . . to find what you're looking for

Maria

Простая, но довольно милая книжка о том, как папа повез дочку нырять за сокровищами – ситуация, которая была бы идеально прекрасной, если бы не мелкие нюансы. Папа у Клио раздолбай и инфантил, и про сокровище он ей большую часть книги ничего не хочет рассказывать. Так что в её картине мира папаша просто притащил её на яхту с кучей незнакомых людей и заставил готовить еду на всех. Героиню ситуация фрустрирует – ну и читателя, конечно, вместе с ней.

Читателю (мне), на самом деле, хотелось больше приключений и тайн – чтобы там, не знаю, Атлантиду искали (и нашли). Но Girl at Sea – скорее про то, как ребенок хочет быть ребенком, а приходится постоянно воспитывать отца, да еще и огребать неодобрение окружающих, мол, посмотрите какая цаца, папочка привез её в Италию на яхту, а она нос воротит. Тайну сокровища раскрывать не буду, скажу только два слова – Розеттский камень.

Есть в книжке и роман, но, как по мне, довольно неубедительный. Морин Джонсон попробовала сделать enemies to lovers, но искры не хватило.

В общем, 3.5 звездочки с округлением до 4.

Sometimes you have to get lost. The Girl: Clio, seventeen, wants to spend the summer smooching her art-store crush, not stuck on a boat in the Mediterranean. At least she'll get a killer tan. The Mission: Survive her father's annoying antics. Oh, also find some underwater treasure that could be the missing link to a long-lost civilization. The Crew: Dad's absentminded best friend Martin, his scary girlfriend Julia, her voluptuous daughter Elsa . . . and then there's Aidan, Julia's incredibly attractive, incredibly arrogant research assistant. What's going on behind Aidan's intellectual, intensely green eyes, anyway? As Clio sails into uncharted territory she unveils secrets that have the power to change history. But her most surprising discovery is that there's something deeper and more mysterious than the sea—her own heart.

Marisa Eikenberry

I actually really liked this. The character was interesting, the storyline was interesting. Okay...the typo of "somethng" on page 205 annoyed the living daylights out of me, but content-wise it was good.

Girl at Sea

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