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The Island by Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt
4.0
Thanks to NetGalley and Sterling & Stone for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!
This book was not was I expected but I enjoyed it anyway, maybe even more than I would have if it have stuck to the synopsis. As other reviews say, it's marketed as sci-fi/fantasy when in reality it's more like a psychological thriller. In any case, it's fast paced and it will keep you interested; the "what is going on???" aspect is common to both genres.
I really liked the way it's written and I feel like the main characters (at least the gods - there are other characters because there two plots narrated in parallel) are well defined; I could visualize their personality and motivations.
The plotwist wasn't really unexpected, which actually speaks in a positive way about the coherence of the story. The build up is clear, and although some details are left unexplained, the reader gets satisfactory answers. However, the ending was a bit too long for me. After the plotwist, there isn't really much left to explain, but the books goes on for another 50 pages or so (which is a lot for a 150-pages book).
I would recommend this book for people who like Lost, The OA or Archive 81. I strongly advise potential readers to check the trigger warnings, though: explicit violence and death, suicide, mental health.
This book was not was I expected but I enjoyed it anyway, maybe even more than I would have if it have stuck to the synopsis. As other reviews say, it's marketed as sci-fi/fantasy when in reality it's more like a psychological thriller. In any case, it's fast paced and it will keep you interested; the "what is going on???" aspect is common to both genres.
I really liked the way it's written and I feel like the main characters (at least the gods - there are other characters because there two plots narrated in parallel) are well defined; I could visualize their personality and motivations.
The plotwist wasn't really unexpected, which actually speaks in a positive way about the coherence of the story. The build up is clear, and although some details are left unexplained, the reader gets satisfactory answers. However, the ending was a bit too long for me. After the plotwist, there isn't really much left to explain, but the books goes on for another 50 pages or so (which is a lot for a 150-pages book).
I would recommend this book for people who like Lost, The OA or Archive 81. I strongly advise potential readers to check the trigger warnings, though: explicit violence and death, suicide, mental health.