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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 🎃✨
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 🎃✨
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abandonment