Miss Benson's Beetle

Ugh. I loved this book, but by the time I got 2/3 of the way through, I couldn't stand the thought of an unhappy ending, so I started looking up spoilers. Alas, that was a good choice because otherwise I would have been kind of devastated. So, I really wish that the author had ended the story around Chapter 48 and allowed the two women and baby to escape to another island. WHY NOT? Otherwise, I enjoyed the characters and the twisty plot, the adventures in the rain forest, the quirky people along the way. (I did not really get the POW guy story line, as other reviewers have noted. If he had been offered some redemption by the end, sure ...., but that was not to be. See again last two chapters.)