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The Island (The Thriller Collection, Book 6)
The Island (The Thriller Collection, Book 6) | Sarah Goodwin
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FYRE FESTIVAL meets ONE OF THE GIRLS in this psychological thriller with twists you'll never see coming.
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Suelizbeth
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Although I ended up liking her, Jody was a little hard to take sometimes. The arc of the novel necessitated that her character grow, but it was a messy process. Music festival gone off the rails, paranoia, friends who may not be friends, trafficking of all sorts, and a killer ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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OutsmartYourShelf
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After fleeing from her violent ex-boyfriend, Jody is staying with Ari & Carla who she knows from a houseshare situation at university a couple of years ago. After a run-in with her ex, Jody has been letting her coursework & attendance slide & generally feeling down, so when they win tickets to a music festival on a private Greek island, it seems like the perfect antidote.

OutsmartYourShelf When they arrive though, things are not as advertised - instead of the luxury they were expecting, the beach is covered in broken concrete blocks & rubbish, the food & drink is low standard, & the whole venue smells of rotting food. Jody wants to go home although she is persuaded to stay by her friends, but as time passes, she begins to wonder if she can trust them, 3mo
OutsmartYourShelf especially when her passport disappears & she's sure she glimpses her ex in the crowd.

Reviews seem quite split on this one but my rating sort of falls in the middle. It definitely wasn't quite as thrilling as the synopsis made it sound, in fact Jody's continuous doormat ways were a little irritating, but there was enough to keep me interested in reading on.
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OutsmartYourShelf It turned out to be a just- above-average thriller, with some good twists & turns, but the ending was a little unrealistic (& believe me, I'm underselling it here). There were good points though & as I have some of the author's other books, I will be giving them a read at some point. It just sneaks over the wire as a 'Pick' with a rating of 3.5🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Avon Books UK, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
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DieAReader 🥳Great!! #Next 3mo
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