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    Death Island

    By Joan Conning Afman

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    Wrongly convicted of the brutal murder of his wife, Danny Manning is exiled to Death Island, the site of America’s favorite reality TV show. Death Island is Hell disguised as Paradise, a place where no one gets off alive unless the audience vote goes his way. Danny’s day-to-day survival depends on a brilliant and hilarious psychopath who knows the ropes. But his ultimate fate lies in the hands of a clergyman’s quirky wife, a smarmy TV host, and Death Island’s fickle home viewers. If voted “off the island,” he will be free, innocent or not. Can he stay alive that long? And will he ever discover the identity of the real murderer?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCoffeetown Press
    Release dateSep 19, 2011
    ISBN9781603818506
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    • 3/5
      A potato chip book if you can get into it. The pages go by quickly but if you don't find yourself into the reality tv thing it may be hard for you to get through. The characters were only okay. I don't see myself rereading this one. Would not recommend. The concept was good, but not fully fleshed out.
    • 3/5
      Danny has been falsely accused of the murder of his wife and sent to Death Island, a wildly popular TV show where criminals try and survive. Danny's neighbor, Charlie, is the wife of a questionable pastor, and decides to start a "free Danny" campaign. While Danny fights for his life and a way off the island, Charlie fights to prove Danny's innocence. I had to go back and reread this book when I realized I never wrote the review (as I obtained a copy of this book free in exchange for a review)... mostly because I couldn't remember what it was about. And that pretty much is the general impression that I have of the story. It's good, but forgettable. It flowed well, and there was a good pace to the story. However, there's nothing that stands out from other movies, shows, or books featuring the "no rules, survival of the fittest" banishment of prisoners.
    • 1/5
      This was extremely disappointing. It isn't often I abandon a book, but this one was rejected about half way through.The plotline is a good one. The US prison system is fit to burst and a simple remedy is to dump lifers or those awaiting a death sentence on a remote island with very few provisions to fend for themselves. The whole thing is televised for the delictation of viewers. It is set in 2020, but the reader would never know, as it feels very dated.The characters are poorly drawn and I really couldn't care about their fate. The book is full of typos and poor grammar which compounded my dislike of it. I would call this a missed opportunity...a real shame.
    • 3/5
      just finished this, Pretty quick read. overall, it was a pretty good story.
    • 2/5
      Disappointing. The idea of criminals placed on an island and then voted off is an interesting one but it was poorly executed. The characters weren't developed enough, so you didn't really care if Danny was guilty or not since you knew so little about him, his wife and the dynamics of their relationship. The editing was poor and their were lots of typos and bad punctuation. Would have probably worked better as a novella.
    • 1/5
      I couldn't finish it. Just...no.I was ready to get past the horrendous cover, but it really does represent the content. The back warns you about the 'psychologically complex plot' and suspenseful ride, but there's no psychologically complex anything, and it's certainly not suspenseful.The writing style, while not bad, is certainly not good. It's completely unremarkable and uninteresting. The characters are boring and dull, and the character described as a "brilliant and hilarious psychopath" comes across as neither brilliant nor hilarious, and not really much of a psychopath. He just seems a bit weird.This book is also supposed to be set in the future, 2020. So if it's ten years in the future, why does it seem like ten years ago? There's absolutely no futuristic technology, and all the references are from years and years ago.And the plot, that "psychologically complex plot", is just awful. It -sounds- good, but definitely is not. An innocent man gets sent to Death Island and must not only escape, but find the real murderer. And his first serious escape plan? Build a plane. Not kidding.In short, this is one of those books I don't know what to do with, because I wouldn't want to put it in the path of some poor reader, though with a cover like this, I doubt anyone would pick it up.
    • 3/5
      Whilst I was quietly excited by the premise of Death Island, thinking that it contained a lot of potential, I don't believe Afman's writing manages to do it justice. I found the characters and their relationships to be rather one-dimentional and unfinished and I was frustrated that the time and effort hadn't been taken to develop them in any way. On top of this, there were a couple of glaring continuity errors midway through the book which, alongside a general air of unbelievability in the characters' motives, spoilt the mood of the book for me. The ending too, disappointed me. Whilst I could see what Afman was attempting to do in creating suspense and building to a revealing conclusion, she ultimately failed to pull this off. My lack of interest in the characters left me particularly apathetic regarding their ultimate fates and I came away from the book feeling that a little more time spent on both character and plot development would have worked wonders.
    • 4/5
      Death Island is a quick read that I felt could have been developed further. Several typos and odd sentences. Overall though, an interesting book with a fast-paced storyline. Danny, convicted of a string of serial murders (including his wife), is sentenced to Death Island. The only way off is by popular vote once a year as this sentence is televised. Charlie, preacher's wife, is convinced the man she has known is innocent and seeks to free him at all costs.
    • 4/5
      I was pleasantly surprised by Death Island. Danny, an innocent man is framed for the axe murder of his wife and several other women. He is sentenced to exile on Death Island, a sentence that has replaced the death penalty in America. Death Island is the site of America's new favorite reality show, a pay-per-view affair that has families and friends gathering weekly to watch the convicts struggle for their lives. Death Island is the story of Danny and a friend, the pastor's wife he left behind, who may be his only hope. The book is very gripping and entertaining. It reads like a movie, and you won't want to put it down. There were only a few things that detracted from the experience, and they were mainly typos. The book could use another once-over by an editor, as there are a few misspellings and many instances of missing punctuation. The only other thing I didn't love about the book was the ending. It is clever, but I expected more closure. Overall, I'd recommend it to anyone that likes thrillers, reality TV, Lord of the Flies, or who just wants to be entertained.