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The Island

por Olivia Levez

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Frances is alone on a small island in the middle of the Indian ocean. She has to find water and food. She has to survive. And when she is there she also thinks about the past. The things that she did before. The things that made her a monster. Nothing is easy. Survival is hard and so is being honest about the past. Frances is a survivor however and with the help of the only other crash survivor she sees that the future is worth fighting for.
A gripping and thoughtful story about a girl who didn't ask to be the person she is but is also determined to make herself the person she wants to be.

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I was really into this book for the longest time and then the ending... was so abrupt and unsatisfying. I really question the author's purpose in telling this story, especially in consideration of the ending and I'm still wondering if there's something I missed or just didn't understand. Overall, an interesting tale and compelling, but I found the conclusion so disappointing I'm not certain I can recommend it. ( )
  wagner.sarah35 | Jul 24, 2022 |
I both loved and hated The Island by Olivia Levez. This debut novel tells the story of a young girl who survives a plane crash and finds herself alone on a tropical desert island. The story switches from the present as she struggles to survive and the past when she lived with her addict prostitute mother, her mother’s lecherous boyfriend, and basically raised her younger brother.

Frances was one of a planeload of juvenile delinquents and camp staffers who were headed to a skills-based rehabilitation program on an Indonesian island. When it comes to surviving, 16 year old Frances is her own worst enemy. She managed to smuggle vodka onto the plane and is drunk when the plane crashes, she gets out of the plane but in a drunken stupor she also destroys or discards most of the life-saving supplies that were on the raft. Life is difficult on the island where she needs to find water, food and shelter. With a dog as her only companion she also must face her painful memories about how her anger and need for revenge led her to do a terrible thing. It was quite difficult to like Francis, she had been hurt and disappointed so much in life that she tended to lash out quickly before she got hurt again. She acts first and then silently regrets her actions.

The book unfolds in a series of very short chapters that alternate from the present to her past. The author tells a raw, emotional story that draws the reader in but it was never explained to my satisfaction why there was a need to ship these delinquent teens from England off to Indonesia. Surely they could have arrange a survival camp in the U.K. The book was beautifully written and I particularly loved all the details that went into Frances learning to survive, but the ending of the book was so abrupt and totally came out of left field and I was left feeling very unsatisfied. So mixed feelings about the book, but I would certainly read more by this author if offered the chance. ( )
  DeltaQueen50 | Aug 18, 2021 |
I don't read a great deal of YA novels but there was something so very appealing about The Island, with the added benefit of an embossed cover that entices you to trace the waves as you're reading. I absolutely raced through The Island in two days as I simply couldn't put it down...in fact I am still stroking the calming cover at every opportunity!

Frances is a very troubled teen and we are introduced to her as she sits on a plane destined for an Indonesian island. Frances has been signed up to a pilot scheme by TeamSkill that takes young offenders to a remote desert island to teach them team building and life skills. Of course, this is a book about a castaway so it's no surprise that the flight does not go according to plan and Frances finds herself floating out to sea in an inflatable lifeboat...alone. When she hits land she has to fend for herself and, as we gradually learn about her family life, we find that this is something she is quite used to doing.

Fran is from a single parent family and lives with her mum, Cassie, and her little brother, Johnny, who she affectionately calls Monkey. Fran is carer for both Johnny and her mum and when she writes stories at school her teacher alerts social services that Johnny is not being brought up in a safe environment. The resulting visit from social services has a cataclysmic effect that leads to Fran ending up on this desert island trying to crack could-be nuts to quench her thirst. Then we realise she's not alone...

I loved the way this was written; in very short chapters and quite poetic at times. With each turn of page we are given the opportunity to step into Fran's bra-shoes (loved that) and live each day with her. As with any period of solitude, she frequently looks inside herself and sees only a monster, so I wondered what she had done that was so bad. Yes, she has committed a crime but, looking at all of the events leading up to this, I really felt a deep empathy for her. As each day passed, I likened Fran to a could-be nut; hard on the outside but once you crack her shell there is a soft sweetness inside.

The Island is a beautiful, emotive and thought-provoking read; it is quite unique in style with such clever diction that gives us an insight into Fran's feelings and emotions, sometimes by using just one word. I do have to mention that it has a dot dot dot ending which some readers may find unsatisfying, but I was so completely absorbed in the story that my imagination was happy to run away with me. Olivia Levez has written a superb debut and I was completely captivated.

I received this book from the publisher, Rock the Boat, in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  Michelle.Ryles | Mar 9, 2020 |
Sixteen-year-old Fran has done something terrible, something that makes her feel like a monster. In an attempt to help her build life skills and learn to work with people, or some such idealistic thing, she is enrolled in a program that sends troubled teens out to learn survival and help the developing populace on an island somewhere. But the plane crashes on the way, and she finds herself trying to survive in a classic desert island scenario.

I think I'm really not the best audience for YA books about messed-up teens, and even though Fran is a sympathetic character with good reason to have trouble coping, her tendency to lash out destructively when upset made her difficult to be around sometimes, even in a vicarious, fictional kind of way. And yet, by the end, I found myself very, very drawn into her story. I am kind of trying to decide, still, whether the ending of the novel works for me or not. But I think it probably does. And the writing, for a YA novel, is bold and original. Ultimately, I liked it a lot more than I expected to. ( )
  bragan | Nov 28, 2019 |
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The Island by Olivia Levez has received a 3 star by me because it reminded me much of The Maze Runner. Not necessarily the plot line but the way I felt reading the book. The Maze Runner by James Dashner has a stunning plot line, as does this book. The only problem I had with this book is it took me quite a while to read because once I put it down it was really hard to pick back up. I would start reading it, read like 75 pages, then put t down and wouldn't pick it up for 2 weeks because it was so difficult to read, but the read huge spurts not because it wasn't good, it's just because I couldn't. You have to experience the feeling in order to understand, but this is how I feel. Other than that the characters and situation are very relateable and it is good for an easy and fun read, as long as you dont read it the way I did. Enjoy! :) ( )
  EthanWhitneyOfficial | Oct 10, 2016 |
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Mystery. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:

Frances is alone on a small island in the middle of the Indian ocean. She has to find water and food. She has to survive. And when she is there she also thinks about the past. The things that she did before. The things that made her a monster. Nothing is easy. Survival is hard and so is being honest about the past. Frances is a survivor however and with the help of the only other crash survivor she sees that the future is worth fighting for.
A gripping and thoughtful story about a girl who didn't ask to be the person she is but is also determined to make herself the person she wants to be.

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