The Resort

De: Sara Ochs

Narrado por: Miranda Raison, Dakota Blue Richards, Joe Jameson, Pema Monaghan

Duración: 10 h y 30 m

Resumen del Editor

Welcome to paradise. We hope you survive your stay.

There are three rules to follow during a vacation at the famous Koh Sang resort.

1. Leave the past behind. When Cass sets foot on the coast of Thailand’s world-famous party island, she’s searching for an escape. With dark secrets following her every move, Koh Sang becomes the perfect place to hide.

2. Always be careful who you trust. Now, years later, Cass is a local dive instructor alongside the Permanents, a group of expats who have claimed the island as their own. The Permanents don’t linger on who they were before the island. Simply because, like Cass, they all have something to outrun.

3. If someone discovers who you really are, run. But suddenly, a dive student is found dead and paradise comes crashing down. Because this isn’t the first mysterious death on the island, and it won’t be the last. Someone knows who Cass is, and they’re ready to make sure justice is finally served.

©2024 Sara Ochs (P)2023 Penguin Random House UK

Rate it a C+/B-

This story was unusual which can be good or annoying. It was both at times. Parts were really unbelievable & some parts drug on too long, but it had lots of unexpected twists & turns. It was hard to get into but it got better. I’d recommend by saying it’s good - not excellent - solid C+/B- rating

Bad narration.

The book is filled with people with a variety of accents yet none of the narrators attempt the non American accents. But speaking of which, their own regional accents are incongruent with the characters, why is the girl from Kentucky speaking with a New England accent? Also the story plot makes no sense. Motives are dumb. Plot holes galore.

Slowwwwww

Super slow burn. Nothing interesting happens until the last hour. Way too many characters and none of them likable.

Twists & Turns

It took a long while to get into the story; a slow burn with twists, turns, and an unexpected and bumpy journey. I found the narration to be particularly difficult to listen to, however. It tended to be on the boring and slow/monotone side of things and I found it very difficult to stay in the story. I enjoy when narrators use different “voices” for characters and neither of the narrators for Brooke or Cass did that. It made the dynamics between various characters feel unbelievable.

If you love murder, mystery and intrigue you need this!

OMG I loved this book! Every step of the way I was like wow. ohhh. yikes and I didn’t see that coming. This was excellent! Please write more! 👀🤩

Loved all the twists and turns

At first I had no clue what was going on and then I kept guessing at who was the culprit. Lots of twists and turns and the ending was not what I was expecting. Loved it!

That epilogue 🫠

This took me a good minute to get into but overall it was fun! It definitely got more twisty towards the end.

Twists and surprises

The story makes you think it is predictable but listen to the end, you won’t regret it

Nearly DNF…

Audiobook was painfully disappointing - the story probably would have been more enjoyable if I had stuck to reading the physical book. The last third is much more interesting and it has a decent twist. I wouldn’t say I’m glad I stuck around to finish, but I wouldn’t say it was a complete waste, either.

Best read in a while!

I was pleasantly surprised. Kept me on my toes the whole time. I was listening any chance I got. I couldn't wait to find out the end. Unfortunately I'm sad now that it's over. Great book. I just might listen to it again!