Review: The Island

The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
Genre: General adult fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781607882404
Published: Published July 6th 2010 by Hachette Audio
Rating: DNF

Summary from Goodreads: From New York Times bestseller Elin Hilderbrand, a new novel set on Tuckernuck, a tiny island off the coast of Nantucket.

Four women-a mother, her sister, two grown daughters-head to Tuckernuck for a retreat, hoping to escape their troubles. Instead, they find only drama, secrets, and life-changing revelations.

I read (listened to) about half of The Island before I put it down for one reason or another, and I just never picked it up again. What I did read, I enjoyed. It had good pacing, it had good plot in the first part of the story. If it had followed through with that the whole way, I would have given it about 4.5. But when the characters got to a certain point, I felt like I knew what was going to happen at the end of the story, and I really didn't want to bother reading to get there.

So in summary, I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand I enjoyed what I read, and on the other hand I put it down and didn't want to bother reading the rest. You make your decision based on your patience level I guess.

As far as the reader, it was a little slow and smiley sounding, but it wasn't hard to listen too.

Content/recommendation: Some language, ages 16+