Review: Glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and read this
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2013
Well, I am giving this book 4 stars because this author is a gifted writer. I hesitated to read this at first. I purchased Abduction and then Lost showed up in my recommendations. I read the description and I was disgusted as most are when they read it. Then I decided to see what others were saying about it. Most reviewers said that the writing was excellent and the story was disturbing, but understandable under the circumstances. I have to agree. This is a very disturbing read, so if you can't handle a very intense story, do not purchase this book. You really need to know where your limits are before reading this story.It is a short story, thank god because toward the end I'd had enough. Things had gotten beyond my ability to take it.A father, son and daughter are stranded on an island doing research. When they were first stranded the daughter was 15 years old. Three years later is where the story really begins. Things happen that make you wonder what you would do in a situation like this. This author is an excellent writer because she had me thinking, thinking and thinking about human sexuality. For some reason, I was reminded of Eve and the apple in the garden of Eden. I think it helped in my mind that Cat (the sister) was the one pursing the brother not the other way around. If he were the the one trying to engage, I think I would have been disgusted and thought of him as a rapist. I know, double standards, its wrong but I think I was able to take the story better this way.I liked the brother because he tried his best to refrain from the behavior that was being handed to him, but in the end his primal urges could not resist. The temptation was too great. I didn't blame him and I was surprised at myself. In my mind, I was thinking, he tried his best, and he really did deserve to be happy under those terrible circumstances. I really didn't focus too much on the fact that this was a brother/sister incest situation, but in the end I was focused on the father/daughter scenario. I didn't like it and was glad it happened at the end of the book.Again, I say, know your limits before reading this. This book is intense.