Reviews

The Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor

sezziy's review against another edition

1.0

What did I just read? It started off poorly with the terrible kids' spelling every other chapter (not believable bad spelling though) but I thought the story had enough substance to power through the writing, but the last third just spiralled into nonsense. I get that the characters are supposed to be feeling more manic but I had no idea what was going on and I'm not sure I cared what happened to any of them. Apart from the dog, of course.

obviouslyjudith's review against another edition

3.0

I'm kind of disturbed but at least it was intriguing

kbestoliver's review against another edition

2.0

I feel like the author watched Lost and The Village and decided to do an unoriginal mashup. I actually liked the voices of the characters, but the story was really predictable.

ellenauer's review against another edition

4.0

I bought this book solely because I liked the cover and it was on sale. Briefly put, I’ve never read a book that shook me as much as Island at the End of the World. I was completely unprepared for the writing (which I actually liked, though it seems many hated it), organization, storyline, and ending. I’d read it again.

tita's review against another edition

2.0

This book was annoying and confusing at the same time. The chapters narated by Finn is difficult (and annoying) to read. There are so many cliffhangers that makes the ending very unsatisfying.

kesterbird's review against another edition

2.0

Full of gimmicks, but not a one of them is enough to cover for simple bad writing.

ckeeve's review

5.0

I'm usually not a fan of stream of consciousness, but Taylor does it really well in this book. Combined with a nonlinear timeline, it's still manageable and simple enough to follow. The ambiguous ending is a worthy result of the expert writing throughout