Review: Not bad
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2013
I didn't care for the writing style of the first book in this series, way too melodramatic/prose-y.The second and third books were a flashback to what happened b/f the group ended up on the island, and told the backstory.  It was a pretty good read.The third finally picked up the story from the first book, and the ending does have a twist! I didn't see that coming, so that was a really nice surprise.However, I kept wondering at points about the 'reality' of the world the author created.In the first book, it is mentioned that an 18 month old must rely on breastmilk b/c there was nothing else on the island for him to eat.Really? An 18 month old can eat fish as well as any adult, along with vegetables and other foods.  And yet we're not really told what they eat.  No gardening is mentioned. Being a rocky Maine isle I guess this makes sense, but....How have the group survived on just fish for over 15 years?  In all that time the leader never sent scouts to find seeds and plants to try to grow on the island, or else moved them to a better growing location/island?Of course, this would fit in with the final picture of the leader, but still...So, an okay read (kind of annoying going back and forth, ect) but not enough day to day detail (too many questions left unanswered for me) to really make this 'meaty'.