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The Island

de Natasha Preston

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Suspense. Thriller. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â?¢ Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding read from the undisputed queen of YA thrillers!
/> They said goodbye to their friends and family for the weekend. They werenâ??t counting on forever.

Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very richâ??or the very influential. Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisleyâ??social media influencers with millions of followersâ??have been invited for an exclusive weekend before the park opens. Theyâ??ll make posts and videos for their channels and report every second of their VIP treatment. 
When the teens arrive, they're stunned: the resort is even better than theyâ??d imagined. Their hotel rooms are unreal, the parkâ??s themed rides are incredible, and the island is hauntingly beautiful. Theyâ??re given a jam-packed itinerary for the weekend.  
But soon they'll discover that something's missing from their schedule: ge… (més)
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Is this one going to be open ended?

I haven't read a book by this author in a while. I read two of her books back in 2019 and I think they were both books published early in her career (2014-2015). They were ok, but didn't wow me, so I'm interested to see how she's grown as a writer since them. This premise of this one sounds interesting & makes me think of You're So Dead by Ash Parson (that one has a similar plot line to this, but it was way more campy than I expected it to be) and also, Hide by Kirsten White (because of the amusement park setting). I hate open ended stories (which is one of the reasons Hide was a let down for me), and I've seen a couple reviewers on here say the ending for this book is abrupt, so I'm wondering if this is an open ended type of story? If anyone sees this review and has already read this book, could you please let me know if it's open ended or not? If it is, I'll just take it off my TBR cause I know it's not a book for me. Otherwise, I think I'll go into this one with low expectations and hopefully be pleasantly surprised.

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Is this one going to be open ended?

I haven't read a book by this author in a while. I read two of her books back in 2019 and I think they were both books published early in her career (2014-2015). They were ok, but didn't wow me, so I'm interested to see how she's grown as a writer since them. This premise of this one sounds interesting & makes me think of You're So Dead by Ash Parson (that one has a similar plot line to this, but it was way more campy than I expected it to be) and also, Hide by Kirsten White (because of the amusement park setting). I hate open ended stories (which is one of the reasons Hide was a let down for me), and I've seen a couple reviewers on here say the ending for this book is abrupt, so I'm wondering if this is an open ended type of story? If anyone sees this review and has already read this book, could you please let me know if it's open ended or not? If it is, I'll just take it off my TBR cause I know it's not a book for me. Otherwise, I think I'll go into this one with low expectations and hopefully be pleasantly surprised.
  VanessaMarieBooks | Dec 10, 2023 |
Not my favorite at all. So many illogical decisions made. Did not hold my attention. Did not connect with any of the characters. Had no interest who was behind the madness on the island. Felt like the writing was rushed. I wanted to like it. Storyline had promise, but did not measure up to me. And the ending. SMH. ( )
  mcryder0 | Jul 26, 2023 |
First sentence: I uploaded my latest trailer to TikTok advertising my new YouTube video, Killer in the Family, and I sit back. Within seconds the numbers under the little heart start climbing as if Jeff Bezos were watching a livestream of his bank balance. He's building rockets. Malcolm Wyatt, a rich dude who invited me to his amusement park, is building islands.

Premise/plot: Six [teen] social media influencers are invited to preview a new [gothic themed] amusement park on a private island. Will any survive the weekend?

I'm tempted to stop the summary right then and there. That's the premise--pure and simple. Paisley (our protagonist) is joining up with five other influencers--Liam, James, Will, Ava, and Harper. There will be minimum--skeletal--staff on the island running the hotel and amusement park. Malcolm himself, the owner, will be on the island "overseeing" things from a distance.

Paisley has thoughts and opinions on her fellow influencers. They are all very different, have different genres, sub-genres, fan bases. Paisley's is true crime.

She makes plans with another influencer, Will, to meet up after midnight to sneak out of the hotel and view the island at night. She thinks this 'bonus' footage might be something. (They are technically not supposed to be running around unsupervised AT NIGHT on the island.) But Will never shows. He's a no-show the next day as well. Her mind immediately thinks MURDER. And though the other guests laugh at her worst-case scenario, she convinces the staff to check his hotel room. Will body is the first but not the last in this HEAVY BODY COUNT thriller.

My thoughts: There's no fooling around with this one. If readers are looking for a thriller with LOT of victims, lots of bodies stacking up, then this one delivers. Perhaps only Shakespeare can compete with this kind of body count with some of his tragedies. Readers should always *trust* their own instinct on to read or not to read. It is BLOODY and gory. It is packed with thrills--make that kills--for the last two-thirds of the novel.

It won't be for everyone. But it doesn't hide what it is. What you see is what you get. ( )
  blbooks | Mar 9, 2023 |
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Suspense. Thriller. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â?¢ Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding read from the undisputed queen of YA thrillers!
They said goodbye to their friends and family for the weekend. They werenâ??t counting on forever.

Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very richâ??or the very influential. Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisleyâ??social media influencers with millions of followersâ??have been invited for an exclusive weekend before the park opens. Theyâ??ll make posts and videos for their channels and report every second of their VIP treatment. 
When the teens arrive, they're stunned: the resort is even better than theyâ??d imagined. Their hotel rooms are unreal, the parkâ??s themed rides are incredible, and the island is hauntingly beautiful. Theyâ??re given a jam-packed itinerary for the weekend.  
But soon they'll discover that something's missing from their schedule: ge

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