I was honestly close to DNF this pretty early on. Once I started noticing how repetitive the chapters were, it became hard to stay engaged the same shallow conversations kept happening over and over with very little substance. On top of that, the characters were just insufferable. Especially Lily. I found myself getting increasingly annoyed with her
The premise really had potential. A dystopian Love Island / Survivor mashup sounds like it should be messy, tense, and dramatic, but that’s exactly what was missing. Where was the backstabbing? The manipulation? The actual drama? Even the sexual tension felt nonexistent. Everything played out in a very bland, predictable, and surface-level way.
Overall, the idea was solid, but the execution completely fell flat for me. I wanted so much more than what this book delivered.