The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Most of the way through this, I'd have said this was a four star book, but there's something about the end that left me wanting a little more. It felt like the last two chapters were really building towards some kind of revelation or development that never *quite* manifested.
Overall, I still have positive feelings about it. Grace's descriptions (which certainly felt unreliable at times [intentionally so!]) of the events leading up to the eventual rescue are captivating. I stayed up later than intended just to find out what was happening and what alliances would be formed. The sense of frustration, anxiety, and hopelessness that begins to set in as they spend more time at sea is well executed, and I think Rogan does a great job selling the premise.
Certainly worth taking a look at, even if it drifts away instead of ending with a bang.
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