booklvrkat 's review for:

The Stranded by Sarah Daniels

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Mini blurb: Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States - a leftover piece of a fractured USA. 

 

My thoughts: The notion of being stuck at sea for centuries on a dilapidated mega cruise ship due to politics, biological warfare, country upheaval is chilling. Our author has created an entire dominated world, class system and pecking order under the rule of a dictatorship. Where you would expect to be dining on lobster, Creme Brûlée, and sipping on a Macallan Double Cask 18-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch, Daniels takes us on a trip that won’t be forgotten. Surprisingly, this is a debut novel and I’m sure I should not have read this story before going on a cruise in late November. *facepalm* 

 

"On the Arcadia, we live under the constant threat of being arrested. Look at a Coli wrong,? Arrested. Break a rule in front of one of the many surveillance cameras? Arrested. Stand too close to someone doing something shady? Arrested. Wrong place wrong time is basically the ship's motto."