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A review by ailsareads
The Island by M.A. Bennett
4.0
Part Lost, part Lord of the Flies, The Island is a ludicrously fun tale of a boy and his bullying classmates marooned on a desert island.
The author’s last book, S.T.A.G.S, explored some of the awful things that teenagers can do to each other and this is explored more in The Island - our protagonist Lincoln is the victim of some truly horrific bullying at his fancy private school. He agrees to a school trip on the condition that he doesn’t have to go back to school after the summer - but their plane crashes en route and they never make it. He’s a very flawed protagonist and although he’s a victim you aren’t necessarily always sympathetic towards him, but reading the escapades he gets up to on this desert island is highly entertaining. And of course, things are never quite what they seem at first.
The one major criticism I have is the epilogue - that was just a step too far in the suspension of disbelief. I don’t think it added anything to the plot and served very little purpose other than to make me roll my eyes!
(Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)
The author’s last book, S.T.A.G.S, explored some of the awful things that teenagers can do to each other and this is explored more in The Island - our protagonist Lincoln is the victim of some truly horrific bullying at his fancy private school. He agrees to a school trip on the condition that he doesn’t have to go back to school after the summer - but their plane crashes en route and they never make it. He’s a very flawed protagonist and although he’s a victim you aren’t necessarily always sympathetic towards him, but reading the escapades he gets up to on this desert island is highly entertaining. And of course, things are never quite what they seem at first.
The one major criticism I have is the epilogue - that was just a step too far in the suspension of disbelief. I don’t think it added anything to the plot and served very little purpose other than to make me roll my eyes!
(Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)