An aircraft crashes into the ocean, and a small group of survivors find themselves adrift on a lifeboat. Washed up ashore on a deserted island, they must learn to survive. Survival is not just about finding food and water, but existing together in a complicated group dynamic. They are all from very different backgrounds, and their characters offer some extremes of society. They are serious issues of racism and sexism, religion, politics and personality flaws. In truthfulness, most of the characters were not likeable, but throwing together such extreme outlying personalities certainly adds to the story. It was more a drama about conflicting personalities than a true survival adventure, although there are some aspects of survival techniques, and moments of fast paced action are interspersed with drama. Character development is often offered in the form of flashbacks, although I found the story did jump around a bit because of the brief glimpses of characters before the crash. Perceptions and personalities did change - for some - through the ordeal, whilst others went in a direction I hadn't anticipated. Overall an enjoyable survival drama with interesting themes.

Good survival airplane/shipwreck/ stranded on a deserted island story.

Pros: most if the story is believable
Racial tension
Unexpected friendships
Villains in the story were believable

Cons:
A little long winded at certain points (found myself skimming a few paragraphs)

The constant name changes in the beginning was confusing at first they were referred to by their race because the main character didn't know their names, then the author switched between race, ethnicity, gender, full names and eventually nicknames. With nine different characters this was exhausting.

I also felt the romance was very unnecessary and took away from the story it actually made me knock off a star.

But overall I enjoyed the story.