A review by hardcover_hazel
Savage Island by Bryony Pearce

adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Squid games but it's unaware teenagers on an inaccessible island ✨

We follow a group of 5 teens who enter a 3 day competition to win a million pounds each (that's like 22 million rand). The rules are simple: navigate to a geocache box on the island, solve the puzzle, replace the geocache with something of equal value.

It seems like a fun, challenging vacation with the potential to win money. Until their first geocache is a tooth. The second a finger.

The characters were well developed, and I enjoyed exploring with them. The start felt really rushed as they were applying and then 💥 acceptance letter on the next page and suddenly they were flying out 😂

The writing was good, even if it was written as YA. The story had massive potential. I feel like it could have been written in a way that could have been a lot more shocking and intriguing to the reader.

I decided to read a chapter before bed and ended up finishing it and I disliked how the ending was written 😂 not the idea of it, just how it was done. I feel cheated out of sleep for that so it's getting 3 stars 🤣

First spooky Halloween month read done 🎃✨

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