The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper

It pains me to DNF this book. Sheri Tepper is one of my favorite authors. Her novel The Family Tree is one of my all time favorite books. But I can’t make myself continue reading The Waters Rising. I have tried for over a month to read this book, and the same thing happens every time — I find my attention wandering after about five minutes. I think this can be attributed to three different things. First, if you’re going to set a story on future Earth, you’re bounded by Earth’s physics and geography… Second, and more importantly, I don’t care about any of the characters… Third, it bugs me when authors attempt to create tension by withholding information, because then it is confusing… I think the most damning element is that I haven’t mentioned a single character by name. Wanna know why? Because I can’t remember a single character’s name… Read the rest.