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| In the tradition of Alex Garland’s The Beach, a spine-tingling adventure novel about a group of friends whose journey around the world on a yacht turns from a trip to paradise into a chilling nightmare when one of them disappears at sea. A group of friends. A yacht. And a disappearance-at-sea that turns paradise into a chilling nightmare. Lana and her best friend Kitty leave home looking for freedom—and that’s exactly what they find when they are invited onto The Blue, a fifty-foot yacht making its way from the Philippines to New Zealand. The crew is made up of a group of young travellers bitten by wanderlust, and it doesn’t take long for Lana and Kitty’s dream of sea-bound romance to turn into reality. Both women fall under the hypnotic spell of The Blue, spending their days exploring remote islands and their rum-filled nights relaxing on deck beneath the stars. But when one of their friends disappears overboard after an argument with another crewmember, the dark secrets that brought each of them aboard start to unravel. At turns gorgeously scenic and entirely haunting, The Blue is a page-turning thriller about friendship, freedom and wanting to leave the past behind. |
I was searching for Lucy Clarke's ONE OF THE GIRLS (2022) in our library catalog after BOOK HAVEN recommended what a thriller it was. But we didn't have any of her work on the shelf. Still, I found the book on our library Libby App (free). Unfortunately, a big holds list on that one, but Clarke's THE BLUE (2015) was available. Clarke was raised on the beach and has a way of showing the wild side of adventures. She also shows the travels of women and their unique friendships and of course, the men who are a mystery. The Blue takes you to life on a yacht with a crew that isn't out for a posh day on the sea. It echos the freedom we want yet it won't be an easy task. Everyone has to work for it. It really is an interesting premise. Although, at times, you might feel you are lost at sea too and the story does go back from THEN to NOW. So it is a page-turner! If you are looking for a story about the sea this is the one.
Clarke's latest book is THE HIKE.
Sounds good
ReplyDeleteGracias por la reseña. Tomó nota te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteI loved this book. And looking forward to The Hike big time. I hope you love Girls too if you get t oit. I thought it was amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis does sound like a page turner and my kind of read. I think sailing a big yacht would be a lot of work, and sometimes scary, because of the unpredictability of the ocean and the enormous power of water, but really exciting. I don't know if you seen the movie Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman. It's a really old movie, before she was with Tom Cruise, but it was an exciting thriller. This sort of reminds of it .
ReplyDeleteThe Blue sounds exciting indeed! The whole concept of working for freedom instead of taking a pleasure cruise is definitely in keeping with the Fourth of July. Perhaps The Blue is just the book that our forefathers would've wanted. Enjoy! 💖🤍🌊
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