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kirstym25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Death
Minor: Suicide
dblue236's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Gore, Murder, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol
enzopudge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
pambo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization
minimicropup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
📖 Cred: Not impossible + hyper-realistic moments
- Reality TV gone Fyre Festival level wrong
- Descriptive human vs nature & human vs human survival thriller on a tropical island
- Ethical exploration and commentary around survival, murder, society, death, relationship abuse, and grief.
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Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Medical content
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide
chiantechick's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder
strawberrymivvy's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Lyla is an educated woman working in viral research, her partner a wannabe actor who takes her for granted. He persuades her to join him on a new reality TV show where he's convinced he'll get his big break. As they arrive on an island in the middle of nowhere they find a similar story with the other couples - not everyone is excited to be there or an obvious reality TV star. Almost immediately tensions heat up, then a huge storm leaves them cut off from the rest of the world and having to fend for themselves.
As the body count rises, can they work out what is happening and who can be trusted?
This was a real page turner and until about 50 pages from the end I wasn't sure which way it was going to go, but then it fell a little flat at the end and didn't deliver any real surprise. None of the characters were particularly loveable, even Lyla as she seemed to capitulate to Nico so quickly - in reality I can't see her dropping everything to go on a reality TV show.
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death
meridith_bex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Suicide
gabbyreadstoomuch's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Suicide
juanat77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide, Vomit, Bullying, Gore, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Violence