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The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

10 reviews

rbadz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual harassment

imcalledzoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

I really liked the concept of this book and a lot of the plot and writing was very engaging and held my interest, leaving me questioning what was going to happen and in turn making me want to read more. However, I felt the ending of this book didn't really wrap much up and was quite disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism and Infertility

itsalina's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Infidelity, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Sexual harassment

amberinbookland's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Alcohol

michelles_book_nook's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

⚠️ TW: suicidal thoughts, infertility, alcoholism, mentions of drug use and drug abuse ⚠️ This is such a compelling read that is filled with so much emotion and really makes you think about what you'd do if you were in the same situation. This book follows two sisters, Lori and Erin, as they set off on what they hope will a beautiful tropical getaway on a remote island surrounded by sparkling blue seas, golden sunsets and cocktails but unfortunately it turns into a holiday from their worst nightmares. When I was reading this book I couldn't put it down, it was such a page turner and just when you think you know what is going to happen the author proves you wrong. It is written from the two pov's of Lori and Erin as well as two timelines which made it really interesting how you slowly gathered the breadcrumbs of the story as it progressed. And throughout the book you are left questioning what you would do in that situation and how you'd react which I loved. Not all of the characters were loveable especially Daniel which made it nicely balanced but the author also made you question the other characters too that you initially may have loved. However one character I expected to like but I really didn't was Lori, I found her really selfish and arrogant, despite the attempts to justify her actions and behaviours. Overall, it is a really good read and I definitely recommend giving it a go but maybe not while jetting off anywhere nice though ✈️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Infertility

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

whatvictoriaread's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Grief, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

keirahelena_'s review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual assault

laureads34's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Excellent book, much better than I expected from reading the blurb. Each chapter keeps you hooked! There are constant twists and turns, I think the author left one part of the plot purposely easy to work out but the rest was completely unpredictable. Upon reflection, the ending was subtly eluded to in such a clever and unsuspected way! My only quarm, leaving this book at 4 stars, is that I found a lot of the descriptions repetitive, IE (not a direct quote) "I drank it in, I stood drinking in the view" etc. Still an excellent book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Gaslighting and Grief

Sexism/misogyny is only portrayed by one character and is telling more of how some people of a certain mindset would act in the book's circumstances. Infertility/IFV is mentioned twice. Sexual assault is attempted but never written in exact words, the character says "I knew what would have happened" so goes into no depth. Suicidal thoughts occur in one scene but the word suicide is not mentioned in that context

oliviafaye's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Infertility, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

travelseatsreads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

 I feel the blurb for this one lets it down. I'd hesitated on requesting it, as I just wasn't sold on the storyline that was being hinted at in the description. Thankfully I went back and took the risk.

This is quite a clever, twisty and dark thriller that looks at the psyche of people in a crisis and the badness that can linger under the surface in people.

With several moments where everything is not all as it seems, this one kept me guessing until the very end. There were even a few jaw dropping moments at the end!

I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the two separate narrators for the two lead characters and there was no silly accents to be heard! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Infertility, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement