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A review by michellesantiago
The Retreat by Sarah Pearse
2.0
This will most likely be my last read by Sarah Pearse. I read The Sanatorium last year and I thought it was okay--I didn't hate it like everyone seemed to. The Sanatorium was mid for me, but I wanted to give Sarah Pearse another chance. When The Retreat was available in my library's Libby, I picked it up.
Well, The Retreat was boring and uninspired. The characters were cardboard and the plot and mystery so incredibly trite and tired. I basically just finished the book just to finish it and it took me a whole week and now I think I'm in a reading slump.
I should've just DNF'd it, but sometimes I'd be reading a mediocre book and feel like I already dedicated effort and time I might as well just push through then I'll at least be able to list it as a "read" book. That's what happened here.
I did like the setting of the story though--a mysterious, isolated island where unsolved murders had occurred. I'm a sucker for that kind of premise. I thought the author did a good job with the setting. Unfortunately, everything else sucked so the atmospheric setting got lost in all that boring muck.
Well, The Retreat was boring and uninspired. The characters were cardboard and the plot and mystery so incredibly trite and tired. I basically just finished the book just to finish it and it took me a whole week and now I think I'm in a reading slump.
I should've just DNF'd it, but sometimes I'd be reading a mediocre book and feel like I already dedicated effort and time I might as well just push through then I'll at least be able to list it as a "read" book. That's what happened here.
I did like the setting of the story though--a mysterious, isolated island where unsolved murders had occurred. I'm a sucker for that kind of premise. I thought the author did a good job with the setting. Unfortunately, everything else sucked so the atmospheric setting got lost in all that boring muck.