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Book Reviews of On the Island

On the Island
On the Island
Author: Tracey Garvis Graves
ISBN-13: 9781466363212
ISBN-10: 1466363215
Publication Date: 10/11/2011
Pages: 332
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: CreateSpace
Book Type: Paperback
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6 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed On the Island on
Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book. It's not a book that will win some author's award anytime soon but the story was very well told and it was a fast paced book and you felt involved in the story the whole time. i too was sad when it ended. Very quick read- highly recommend this book.
missyh avatar reviewed On the Island on + 85 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
On the Island was an awesome book! Its told in alternating view points, one chapter from his POV, the next from her POV, which I loved. Its very fast paced. One of those books that you just hate to have to put down. I always wanted to know what was going to happen next and couldnt wait til I could get back to it! Im hoping Graves writes something else in the future.
flowergirls avatar reviewed On the Island on + 47 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I had the same hesitation as Jennifer with the whole age thing, but the story was so well written that the sexual relationship kind of takes a back seat to the emotional trails.The plot & characters where perfect from beginning to end..
auntjennjenn avatar reviewed On the Island on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
EXCELLENT At first I was kind of leary of the whole age thing and getting stuck together on an island! Then into the book u will see there is no reason to worry. This was an excellent book . I hated for it to end!
donkeycheese avatar reviewed On the Island on + 1255 more book reviews
When I read the premise of this book, I was intrigued and a bit wide-eyed. Sure, there are ten years between my husband and I, but now having a teenage son, to think of him with a woman that much older, I was like 'crazy'.

However, once I started reading On The Island, I was hooked - line and sinker. I loved the TV series, LOST and On the Island reminded me a bit of that, but it was soo much more! From the time the seaplane crashes to the worry Anna has for TJ and vice versa, I couldn't put this book down. In fact, I stayed up into the wee hours of the night to finish it. They were determined to survive, no matter what. From their struggles to their blossoming love, I found myself hoping that there was a happy ending for these two people. Even as Anna worried TJ's cancer might come back and TJ worried Anna would want to reunite with her boyfriend, I rooted for them to survive, to love and have a future. I really thought Anna's mom's relationship advice was sound, as well as TJ's mom's thoughts on her son's relationship. I just LOVE this book!!

If you read only one book this summer, read this one! One of the best books I've read this year!!
puptch avatar reviewed On the Island on + 15 more book reviews
This was actually better than I thought when I first started reading it. She is the teacher and he is the student and while flying in a small aircraft to an island in the Maldives to spend the summer with his family, the plane goes down. The first 2/3 of the book are all about them on the island and how they survive. The ending took off in a burst of glory and then it was over. In a way though, I felt like the author just ran out of story line for the island theme and wanted to end the story.