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A review by cathepsut
Rushing to Paradise by J.G. Ballard
3.0
Teenager Neil gets enchanted with animal rights campaigner Dr. Barbara. He follows her to the island St. Esprit, where the French plan to start nuclear testing, threatening a large colony of albatross nesting there. Dr. Barbara's plans are successful and very soon she turns the island into a sanctuary for all endangered wild life. Others join her and the community grows.
Neil tells the story. Eventually you start wondering, who the endangered species is on that island. On the back flap the book is compared to "Lord of the Flies". The story starts quite cheerful and sunny and then turns very sinister and - to me - disturbing. My reading became slower and slower, dreading each next chapter and what it might bring. I felt huge relief after finishing it and having managed to get out alive.....
Neil tells the story. Eventually you start wondering, who the endangered species is on that island. On the back flap the book is compared to "Lord of the Flies". The story starts quite cheerful and sunny and then turns very sinister and - to me - disturbing. My reading became slower and slower, dreading each next chapter and what it might bring. I felt huge relief after finishing it and having managed to get out alive.....