As mentioned in my update thing; I was going back & forth at the library about whether or not to check Oasis out. I ended up doing so because this book has received such hype reviews. And honestly, I don't get the enthusiasm at all. I ended up pulling a dnf with this one because I just did not see the appeal. I'm so glad that this was a library book and I didn't spend money on this.

I wanted to like this one so badly because the premise was so cool and the characters had a lot of promise. I thought that I would be reading a really cool adventure/survival novel with a supernatural or spooky twist. What I got was a pack of teens bickering in the desert about romance and what not. I should have expected as much out of a YA novel, but I've been on a lucky streak with them lately so I let my guard down.

I think that more than anything else, it was the writing style that I didn't agree with. To me it was just...I don't know, it lacked substance? I couldn't really get attached to any of the characters at all because everything was shown not told. I saw it mentioned in someone else's review that everything (each little detail) was dumped on the reader all at once about backstories and what not. And I definitely agree with that.

To be honest, the tone of Oasis just fell flat. At least Wicked Lovely and The House Of Night series were laughably bad. Like so bad that I almost enjoyed them. Oasis was just straight boring to me. I couldn't even hate the characters because I felt like there was nothing to hate?

I apricate the diverse cast, but I think that at the end of the day, that was the only highlight of the book for me. Other than that I just...didn't like it. Which is apparently an unpopular opinion.