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A review by mjcourchesne
Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon
2.0
I didn't want to like this book from the start. The characters are written older than their chronological age is supposed to be, and keeping track of who is who and how everyone is related at first feels like it needs a charting system.
But then I found myself more than halfway through the book. The tempo of this book runs, and drags you with it whether or not you want to go along.
The author does employ a few literary devices that are somewhat clever, although the allusions to rabbits in their various forms (the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, Peter Rabbit of nursery rhymes, and Peter Pan) gets a little old by the end of the book.
Still, I'd recommend this to you for a fluff beach read. Something you probably won't want to pick up again, but entertaining for a bit.
But then I found myself more than halfway through the book. The tempo of this book runs, and drags you with it whether or not you want to go along.
The author does employ a few literary devices that are somewhat clever, although the allusions to rabbits in their various forms (the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, Peter Rabbit of nursery rhymes, and Peter Pan) gets a little old by the end of the book.
Still, I'd recommend this to you for a fluff beach read. Something you probably won't want to pick up again, but entertaining for a bit.