The Island
Ratings48
Average rating3.8
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Ratings48
Average rating3.8
"After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they're deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong. Then a shocking accident propels the Baxters from an unsettling situation into an absolute nightmare"--Provided by publisher.
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I really struggled to get invested in any of the characters so even though it was an action packed fast read it feel like it.
The first 2/3 of this was stellar. It was so fast paced and fun to read, almost like a movie. The last 1/3 felt too choppy. I also hated the multiple POV. Most of the book we follow Heather around but every so often we would follow someone else. It could be any character, and I usually couldn't tell who it was until the end of the chapter, if at all. I couldn't follow some of the writing style. It's almost as if 3-4 different authors wrote it. The different characters were so different, some even read nonsensical, or dreamlike? I couldn't even tell. LI DNF'd The Chain, I don't think I'll be picking up from this author again
4.5
I've stopped reading synopsis in thrillers, coz I have found out that the more I go into the book blind the more I enjoy it. So, when starting this one I didn't know that it was gonna be them on an island running from the locals, I thought they were going to be vacationing on an island
Holy shit. That's all I can say. If you want to thriller, this is a THRILLER
