The Raft

I love survival stories, and ocean survival stories are my second favorite (especially if there are sharks!). I also enjoyed The Compound by Bodeen, which I read a few years ago. Overall, I thought this one was really good. I had a couple of complaints. Robie, first of all, is not a survivor by nature, and I like to think that I would be. Girlfriend makes a couple of huge boo boos, and has the opportunity to feed herself several times and can't do it. I liked the allusion to The Hunger Games, and all of the nature facts about albatrosses and tiger sharks. I am not sure why the author drops a big reveal so early in the book, unless it is to show Robie has gone around a bend. The story reminded me very much of Castaway, the Tom Hanks movie.
I will recommend this to fans of survivor fiction. It would look great on a display with Sharks and Boys.