A review by zay_day
The Resort by Sara Ochs

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

I've been looking for this book in a library since I saw it in tesco the other week! I adore the map at the start of the book omg it's so pretty not to large so it isn't overwhelming.
The prologue begins on the Friday night where it is clear a party of some sorts was taking place. Harsh voice saying "move forward" to the ocean?
Odd if it's a person.
Chapter one begins with the past. 14 hours earlier to be more precise. Blood... Already? A knife from 'him' yet it was a dream all along....? On page 10 an envelope appears where she's just stepped over  this note explains that she must have dropped it however on the top of the note is what "I know who you are" followed by "and soon everyone else will too" this is off.
Along with the chapters already seen me to be very long which is not my type of book. Due to know it had said
I know who you are seemed to follow Cass everywhere due to the version of herself she had left behind a long time ago...
Why did she leave that side of herself so long ago?
Chapter 2 Begins on page 13 with a person called Brooke and indedicated she is using a laptop to minimize the size of her thighs a Barbie perfection.. Photoshop?
(body dismophia?)
a person appears behind Brook scaring her yet it is later revealed to be Neil.
Skipping forward up to
chapter 19 again with Brooke, it indicates that she has had something happen to her that  morning and there are many cruel attacks that fill her inbox  so presumably negative emails? Mentions of Brief self-harm ib chapter 19 on page 259 when Brooke States she feel a sick  pleasure in watching cass' face contour as she sees the scars yet didn't tell her what led her to originally cause them...
What did.?
Chapter 41 with Brooke on page 338 when she squeezes her eye shots to hear the sound of a gun erupt and braces for the hot pain that will flood her body after the impact. In addition to this, in chapter 42 on page 344 this chapter is based two weeks afrer  the initial accident on the resort...
This chapter begins with Brooke again slowing that she did not die the previous chapter saying that the wooden rods she grasps as her body jolts as the impact of the engine leaving the island..
This book was a quick read however not the best of reads despite the cover being really aapealing. Overall for the book only including 359 pages I believe it could have been a little bit shorter and more snappy, it wasn't the quickest thriller I've ever read or the most grasping. However the writing style of this was interesting but again not the most gripping and I probably won't pick this book up again which is why I'm glad that I went for a library book instead of paying for the book myself. 
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