Ruth Ware books tend to be hit or miss for me. In this case, it was a miss. Ware has a very similar style with all of her books, which I like. Her books tend to have a lot of characters, and unreliable narrator, a “locked room”, and a murder to solve. 

I liked the setting for this book. The characters were contestants on a reality TV show on a remote island. The premise of the show was similar to Love Island, but the reality TV aspect went away in its entirety when a storm hits and the cast is stranded on the island. Now, in some ways this makes sense. In other ways, I felt like the book completely changed direction to something I didn’t quite enjoy as much. 

I also liked that there was a bit of foreshadowing, but nothing huge. The ending overall was somewhat obvious, which is typical for me in Ware’s books. I did think there were elements of it that brought the characters to life in a way that only an author can accomplish. I also loved the narrator and am really glad I listened to this on audio.