I rate this book a 2 because it wasn't anything that i would have hoped it to be like! I mean i like nature and the sea and all, and thats why I read the book, but when I got to about chapter 10 I was then trying to force myself to read the book. It just wasn't something that really caught my attention at ALL! The only reason it gets one point higher than POOR is because, it was about the sea and the sea is a really beatiful thing to write about! And that ladies and gentleman is why I rated this book a 2!