You wake on a beautiful, remote island. Sparkling blue seas, golden sunsets, barely a footprint in the sand. Yet this is no ordinary escape. Next to the wreck of a plane, a stranger paces. Another sharpens a knife, scoring a list of the dead onto a palm tree. Others watch from the shadows of a campfire – all with untold stories, and closely-guarded secrets. This is no ordinary holiday. This is no ordinary island. This is no ordinary beach read….
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Spousal & parental abandonment
- Attempted rape (on-page)
- Sexual assault (unwanted non-consensual kiss, on-page)
- Spousal infidelity discussed
- Suicidal ideation, including an on-page scene where the protagonist begins an attempt by jumping
- Alcohol consumption & abuse
- Drug use and abuse mentioned
- Parent with alcoholism mentioned
- Starvation and food scarcity
- Infertility discussed
- Blood & gore depiction including physical injuries and dead bodies
- Death of a lover by shark attack (off-page)
- Disappearance of a sibling (theme)
- Murder by drowning in self-defence from attempted rape
- Attempted murder by strangulation
- Near-death of an infant from choking
- Plane crash (theme)
- Animal hunting & butchering (mostly fish)
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