Many thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for gifting me a digital copy of Georgia Clark's new book, Island Time - 3.5 stars.
The Kelly family are loud, messy Australians and the Lee family are more sophisticated, aloof Americans. But their daughters are married and the other Kelly daughter, Amelia, brought them together for a family vacation to an island off Queensland to meet her boyfriend. Then a tsunami hit and their long weekend turned into being stranded for six weeks.
I loved the setting, the history, even the bird info in this book. I also loved the character progression, as each character learns more about themselves, how to relate to each other, and how to fulfill and understand their dreams. What I didn't like so much was the fact that there were so many different points of view in the third person that it was confusing. There was also a lot of gay sex - so much that it felt pornographic instead of romantic. I love dark humor but there were quite a few tone deaf jokes. I'm probably too old and straight to be the target audience for this book so please read other reviews!
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