The pacing of the book was incredibly unbalanced. With 20% left in the audiobook, my partner and I agreed that the story hadn’t moved forward enough yet for the remaining time to allow for a satisfying wrap-up.

The amount of detail and repetitiveness in the first 80% of the book stands in glaring contrast to the ending, which contains several major plot points (what happens to Catherine, the whole trial, how much time passed, they’re alone on the island?) that were totally glossed over.

2 stars + 1 for the narrator making it fun to listen