juanat77 's review for:

The Last Ferry Out by Andrea Bartz

2.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I enjoyed the author’s previous novel, “We Were Never There” but I’m sad to say I did not enjoy this one as much. The first half was very slow. It is quite noticeable Andrea Bartz did a lot of research of the Caribbean culture, locals, cuisine, and environment/land. The descriptions were very vivid. Though some of the flashbacks were unnecessary to the story and the twist was anticlimactic. Unfortunately, this story did not quite work for me as well as her other.

2.5 stars ⭐️⭐️💫

Thank you to NetGalley, Andrea Bartz and Ballantine Books for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail