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The Castaways (2009)

by Elin Hilderbrand(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0316043893 (ISBN13: 9780316043892)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: I enjoyed reading this "take to the beach" novel. The relationship between the characters made me jealous for their closeness and understanding of each other. This book is about handling grief - how it makes some destroy themselves and others finally find an understanding of life and shine. Where the book fails is when it tries to become a mystery novel only for that plot ending to not have much mystery and fall flat.
review 2: I had started this a year ago and had gotten bored with it. Recently picked it up again and I was pulled into the story, but took a long while to finish it as it lost it's luster halfway through. The story is told from the vantage points of about 6 different characters, which always make a story harder for me to follow. It lacked somethi... moreng for me, I thought there would be a big reveal, maybe I was hoping for more of a mystery. Overall, it was good but not great. less

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