In the not too distant future there is a water shortage. Times are not desperate, but everyone is cutting back on their water usage. There is a hose ban, and people are asked to take short showers and not wash their car. In a city that is feeling the heat and lack of water, a game starts. This is a city wide assassination game. The players are all registered with the game keeper, and assigned a target. In turn they are all targets. The object of the game is to spray your target with a water gun, and be the last player unsprayed.
The story follows seven of the players as they participate in the game. The book was interesting, and I wanted to find out who would win. Players had to be 15 to enter, but they could be older. You don’t get a lot of description of the characters until after you have been reading about them for a little while. It’s like the author thinks we are in on the game and doesn’t want to give too much information in case they are the assassin after us. I liked reading the book, and I think the idea of a live action role playing game that lasts three weeks is a lot of fun, but the story didn’t seem to have a point. It was a look into the players’ lives, but without much depth. I didn’t come away with a new point of view or having learned anything. Reluctant readers might like the idea of the story, but could get confused with so many main characters and the way the book jumps around. Overall I liked the story.
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