My Evaluate of Stranded by Sarah Goodwin got here out of my updating of my listing of Greatest Mysteries Set on an Island. Why had I not heard of this chilling survival thriller and what did I feel? Take a look at my ideas!
Jen’s Fast Evaluation of Stranded by Sarah Goodwin
- A chilling survival thriller
- Takes place on an uninhabited Scottish Island
- Characters who’re a part of a documentary
- Actually intense however I cherished it!
- Content material advisory for some fairly horrific bullying
- Fairly just like this new 2024 title by Ruth Ware
Abstract of Stranded by Sarah Goodwin
- Stranded by Sarah Goodwin
- Printed by Avon Books in September 2021.
Maddy remains to be grieving the sudden lack of her mother and father when she units off on the journey of a lifetime. She’s been chosen to take part in The Final Refuge, a documentary-slash-reality-show set on Buidseach, a distant, uninhabited Scottish island.
Cameras will movie Maddy and 5 different folks as they attempt to survive on the island for one yr. Maddy hopes that her information of botany will assist her contribute to the group’s survival. However in fact, issues go terribly improper.
Evaluate of Stranded by Sarah Goodwin
I don’t normally learn wilderness survival books, both fictional or non-fictional. I discover them sort of annoying.
I additionally really feel like there are extra wilderness survival books in YA, maybe impressed by Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
I picked up Stranded simply due to its location on an uninhabited island, for my listing of Greatest Mysteries Set on an Island.
However WOW, Stranded was actually gripping. Very annoying. I actually needed to shut it a few occasions and take a break, and that not often occurs to me.
I feel books like this work finest after they deal with a restricted variety of characters, and that six folks had been participating on this film appeared about proper. They’re a different group: different in ethnic background, age, socioeconomic standing and political views.
At first, the group is harmonious, however factions shortly emerge and the group heads into Lord of the Flies territory. Maddy finally ends up an outcast, and the group appears fully stranded.
I extremely advocate this one and am sorry I missed it when it got here out!
For those who love YA, try my listing of Greatest YA Books Set on a Spooky Island!