Review: San Francisco Island by Randi Hart
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2012
Disclosure statement: I was given a free PDF of this book for this review.Two families (Welles and Dyers) have enjoyed life together as neighbors in the city of San Francisco.  An earthquake took place and split San Francisco from the mainland causing a loss of communication along with other damage.  While the women are stuck at home on the island, the men are temporarily residing in a hotel on the mainland.  Some of the family members learned new lessons and grew up due to the crises.The story was a great story that had good descriptions of the city of San Francisco.  I felt as if I was walking down the street at times.  The emergency response showed the police and firemen doing the best that the could in the midst of chaos.  I enjoyed the fact that the people were working to help the people in whatever way they could.  I think this story would be good way to introduce a family to the idea of planning for possible disasters while keeping hope for rescue if the unimaginable happens.While the story was great, I was distracted by some incorrect words in some areas.  There was also so paragraphs that was not needed in the first chapters of the book.  It felt like the author stopped telling me the story to tell me things about the people and peacefulness of the area when it wasn't needed.  If the writing had been better, I would have given it five stars.