I think Scribbler’s review covers this nicely.  It’s interesting, frustrating and very different.  The stories are like random pages torn from a diary.  Unfortunately, the author has said she won’t be posting any more of them.

0 of 0 members found this review helpful.
Help us improve!  Register or log in to rate this review.

"Stranded" is different from a typical read, and anyone going into it has to be prepared for that. The bits of writing we get are first-person journal entries, the author of whom little is known other than that they are constructing a play to occupy their time after being shipwrecked. The story is still developing; each entry comes a step after the others, and gives us a little more of a glimpse at the life and characters on the island.

There are certainly some frustrations with this style. It’s difficult to read things in order, because despite the fact that the writings are chronological, there’s no easy way to tell from the front page where they begin and where they end; some pieces make sense in more than one place in the order, and it makes the story difficult to understand. Other than telling us who the author and illustrator are, there is no outside information apart from the stories. I would normally applaud this, but given the confusion left after reading the writings, I want to be able to look somewhere for more straightforward information than is presented in the letters.

Despite this, though, I’m certainly intrigued by the premise, and I enjoy the unusual format. I’ll be interested to see what comes from this story.

2 of 2 members found this review helpful.
Help us improve!  Register or log in to rate this review.