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A review by bergamotandbooks
Whisper Island by Carissa Ann Lynch
3.0
2.5 STARS rounded up
Six of us are going to the island. Only one of us will make it back.
That one of us will be me.
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Oh, WHISPER ISLAND. I had so many hopes and dreams for you. You had everything I ever wanted in a thriller: a gorgeous cover, a mysterious premise and an Agatha Christie style locked-door mystery. Unfortunately, this book still fell flat.
I can see how WHISPER ISLAND would appeal to a YA audience, however, as an avid adult and YA thriller reader, I was able to suss out the culprit - and the reason - fairly quickly. The characters had little to no depth and I kept on having to go back to the beginning of the chapter to double check who was "speaking." I also felt the whole premise of going to a remote island to work on their art a bit flimsy...especially with the social media buzz that initially led them to the idea of working together...but maybe that's just me.
I think I just struggled to suspend my disbelief with this one - there were far too many eye rolling moments for me to be fully immersed in it. That said, I think that younger readers who are unfamiliar with locked door mysteries/thrillers would enjoy this.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for my ARC!
Six of us are going to the island. Only one of us will make it back.
That one of us will be me.
.
.
.
Oh, WHISPER ISLAND. I had so many hopes and dreams for you. You had everything I ever wanted in a thriller: a gorgeous cover, a mysterious premise and an Agatha Christie style locked-door mystery. Unfortunately, this book still fell flat.
I can see how WHISPER ISLAND would appeal to a YA audience, however, as an avid adult and YA thriller reader, I was able to suss out the culprit - and the reason - fairly quickly. The characters had little to no depth and I kept on having to go back to the beginning of the chapter to double check who was "speaking." I also felt the whole premise of going to a remote island to work on their art a bit flimsy...especially with the social media buzz that initially led them to the idea of working together...but maybe that's just me.
I think I just struggled to suspend my disbelief with this one - there were far too many eye rolling moments for me to be fully immersed in it. That said, I think that younger readers who are unfamiliar with locked door mysteries/thrillers would enjoy this.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for my ARC!