Swimming

by Nicola Keegan

Swimming, about a Kansas girl who becomes an Olympic swimmer, has gotten lots of good reviews, but I didn't care for it at all. I had to force myself to finish it. Maybe I'm just not literary enough for this book, but I really didn't think it excelled as either a literary novel or a popular one. One thing that annoyed me was that part of it was set in Kansas, but I'm not sure the author has ever stepped foot in the state. I also just didn't like the narrator. At. All. And I know sometimes that can be part of the strength of the novel, but it just didn't work for me.