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The Compound

Aisling Rawle

3.79 AVERAGE

adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Reality game show in the future where people are banished into the desert
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Good plot but it needed more details about the world outside and stronger character depth. Felt like the setting and people weren't fully explained
challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 10%

this was so boring, i was expecting love island and got none of that
challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No

I was sucked into this audio book after chapter 3 or so. Finished it within 3 days because I had to know what happened. Found myself bringing my AirPods everywhere to listen. I have never seen love island, or big brother, and I’m an easy going reader. 

Lily is a frustrating character at times, which is why it’s not a 5 star for me. A littttle too unbelievably spacey?  She did have a lot of really relatable thoughts throughout the middle of the book that made her more realistic.

Recommend for folks wanting a tense tv show feel! 
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's like I just watched a season of Big Brother, but with some crazy thrown in.