Book Review: The Last Resort | Susi Holliday

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📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚

BOOK: The Last Resort

AUTHOR: Susi Holliday

@susijholliday

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Stars: ⭐⭐

Published: December 1, 2020

https://amzn.to/3lfs6FW

The Review

The Title/Cover Draw:

• The overt red color in this book makes me super angry…like really badly. The synopsis made me want to read this book the most.

What I liked:

• The first half of this book was really promising. 7 people come to the island thinking it’s a luxurious getaway. Stuff goes down!

What I didn’t like:

• Gaping plot holes.

What kept me reading:

• The read was compelling enough to make me want to finish but …(see spoiler section)

The Characters:

• Were real enough and I could keep them straight but… (see spoiler section)

The Ending:

• It definitely wrapped up some things, but other things, not at all (see below).

****Spoilers***** Read with caution:

• I still don’t know how the characters came to be chosen for this special project, at least enough to justify what happens to them. Especially Brenda, who’s past trauma wasn’t fully explained, just glossed over as “It looked like it was going to cause emotional distress” from her reaction. The ending isn’t logical, whether it’s what happens to the head of the company OR the choices the main character makes. There was a fourth choice, clearly available that a humanitarian worker would have chosen.

Consider if you like:

• Fantasy Island (kinda like Blumhouse) but also with more plot holes.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.

Small Summary:

Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One perfect crime.

When Amelia is invited to an all-expenses-paid retreat on a private island, the mysterious offer is too good to refuse. Along with six other strangers, she’s told they’re here to test a brand-new product for Timeo Technologies. But the guests’ excitement soon turns to terror when the real reason for their summons becomes clear.

Each guest has a guilty secret. And when they’re all forced to wear a memory-tracking device that reveals their dark and shameful deeds to their fellow guests, there’s no hiding from the past. This is no luxury retreat—it’s a trap they can’t get out of.

As the clock counts down to the lavish end-of-day party they’ve been promised, injuries and in-fighting split the group. But with no escape from the island—or the other guests’ most shocking secrets—Amelia begins to suspect that her only hope for survival is to be the last one standing. Can she confront her own dark past to uncover the truth—before it’s too late to get out?

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