I thought that the premise of this book was really good and interesting. I was very quickly hooked in by the mysterious illness/disease that was affecting this girls' school students and the teachers.
Why were they quartined?
Why was there no one there to see to them? Doctors, nurse, volunteers in hasmat suits? Someone, anyone. But no, just them. Alone on an island, in their school, their numbers dwindling and no one activtely trying to cure them.
So, I enjoyed this book to start off with but about half way through I grew bored with the story. I felt like it was a bit predictable a lot of the time.
I enjoyed body horror elements to this story. The messed up ways in which the characters' bodies could become disfigured and mutilated through this disease. I liked that it seemed to come in cycles, that it would affect them every few weeks, months or so. And each time it might kill them. Plus how it's more likely to kill them each time. I thought that was very interesting to read about. And I liked that there was parts of the story where that was very clearly shown.
I wasn't that keen on the narration. I felt like it was a little bit slow at times. Obviously, she doesn't know everything that's going on, with her being a teen, but I do wish that she could have discovered/learned some things quicker. Overall, I would have liked it if the story had been a bit faster paced. I also didn't particularly like the writing style that much either. As much as I wished this book was for me it simply wasn't.