The Island by Natasha Preston
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars, rounded down.
Before the opening of his swanky new amusement park, Jagged Island, billionaire Malcolm invites six teenaged influencers to come for an exclusive weekend to TikTok and stream to their heart's desire, hoping to drum up buzz for the resort. But once there, things start to go wrong. As a storm is headed for the island, someone goes missing. Then there's signs of sabotage on the power grid. Soon, the only thing on these teen's minds is making it home alive.
This books a lot of fun or me because I love a good slasher film, and this was basically the book equivalent - like "Scream" or "Halloween" on paper. And it really did deliver, with bloody death scenes, great chase scenes with glimpses of the masked killer in the shadows and packs of survivors roaming through the resort planning their next moves so as not to become the next to fall. I loved it!
So why then would I give three stars - THE ENDING!
I just did not like that ending! There's cliffhangers, then there's just abruptly stopping. And that's really what it felt like to me. There I was, having sat through all the twists, the drama, and the ending is coming along, I'm satisfied, sure, maybe something else could go down, but surely then there would be an epilogue or something - NOPE. Just BAM - then end. It was disappointing.
So while I greatly enjoyed reading this book all the way up to the very last sentences, those last sentences were frustrating. That's where I have to say, reader beware. You will love this book for the slasher/thriller vibes, and it is indeed great for that. But if you hate unresolved endings, this book will frustrate you.
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