Splash

If you read the back cover of Splash, you'd think that it was a ridiculous book about people killing each other over water guns.  The white chalk outline on the front cover doesn't help, either.  I checked it out from the library because it seemed to have a ludicrous premise.  However, nobody actually gets hurt because of the water gun game in the book.  Splash is fast-paced and fun.  It starts off with far too many characters, but they get eliminated quickly.  While I wasn't exactly gripping the pages with white knuckles, desperately hoping for my favorite character to win, it was fun to see where they would all go.  Once it got down to nine or so players, the action tapered off a bit, but it managed to maintain its pace by introducing a bit of drama.  A decent book overall.