Another holiday read and another really good pick.
Bad Tourists
Caro Carver
Is it ever a good idea to go on holiday with friends?Darcy, Camilla and Kate have each come on this trip of a lifetime for a reason – to celebrate a divorce, to find love, to try to put a traumatic past behind them.Their dream getaway? The Sapphire Island Resort in the Maldives. With crystal-clear waters and sun-drenched white sand beaches, relaxation is guaranteed.But all is not as it seems in paradise, and this is no ordinary friendship.They’ve got nine days to go . . . and old wounds are already reopening.Will they all make the return journey?
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I’ve had this one on my list for a while and decided that it sounded like a great option for one of my holiday reads. Also, it’s a lot easier not to be jealous of the cover when you are also in a tropical place.
Bad Tourists is about three friends who travel to the Maldives to celebrate a divorce and soon discover that you can still find trouble in paradise. I loved the remote, beautiful setting and how it created an extra tension in the story, when things start to take a turn and the isolation becomes claustrophobic.
I was in no way expecting what happened at the start of the book, and knew that I was going to be in for an interesting ride with this story; that feeling continued throughout the whole book. Sometimes in a mystery thriller, I might get more than an inkling of where the story is going, but in this case, I felt as if I was constantly surprised.
One aspect of the story had me a bit suspicious; stick with me, I’m making it vague on purpose; there was something in the timing of an incident that made me think I had figured out a crucial clue. Then, as the story progressed, I realised that it wasn’t suspicious, but there was no explanation for the discrepancy, and it still bugs me that it wasn’t addressed in some way.
Darcy, Kate, and Camilla were such different personalities, but this worked brilliantly in the context of the story; their clashes added to the strain of the situations they found themselves in. It definitely becomes more interesting as what brought the friends together comes to light.
I can’t divulge much more about the story because it’s something that you want to experience without too much prior knowledge, but I enjoyed how all the pieces came together. It was a bit outlandish at points, but I was so engrossed that I quite enjoyed the drama.
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