It has been 10 years when a legend of buried treasure lured a group of teenagers on a camping trip to Sao Miguel in the Azores archipelago. The vast value will turn the finder’s life to gold and what follows is a frenzied treasure hunt that turned tragic…a camper, Sydney Azulay, was never seen again.
10 years later, a memorial service brings back to the island Sydney’s closest circle of friends to honor her memory…..This story will tell us what their conversations were about and how they agreed to participate in a documentary reliving that terrible day.
My thoughts:
Although this is not a very long book, the pacing was so slow moving, it felt like it would never end. Said in turn by all the friends, one at the time they chat what they experienced during this first trip then in the next chapter was another friend and then up to the next…etc. it went on like that rehashing their perceptions of what may have happened to Sydney and who may have killed her, it seemed the chit-chat never wanted to end. I didn’t care much for the characters they are not particularly memorable.
The pacing having more spunk would have made a far more engaging read. Fortunately, this psychological thriller ramps up the action in the last third of the book salvaging the story with shocking twists and secrets…. a bit over the top, formulaic and largely predictable.
This book may not have love to my expectations it nevertheless received some great reviews.
Thank Atria Books and Netgalley for this ARC
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