A slow start and a lot of characters to keep track of, but I enjoyed this island resort version of a closed circle mystery.

The plot was fun and interesting with a lot of morally gray character work that I thought did pretty well at throwing some good red herrings around. The atmosphere was decent, though I do think it took a bit of a backseat to the petty issues of the characters. There was definitely some stereotyping of spoiled and entitled rich people in the overall cast. If you are bothered by unlikable characters, you'd best steer clear of this one.

Speaking of, there were some moderately annoying characters that even I could have done without (I typically enjoy unlikable characters) and some were easily confused to the degree that I felt they could have been merged to create fewer to try and keep straight. The stereotyping just led them to be a little too alike and I guess I didn't care enough to try and separate who was who.

The upsides were that the pacing moved fairly well once things got going and there were some good complexities to the twists and turns in the end. A decent beach read thriller, but not one that really kept me on the edge of my seat. Enjoyable, but not necessarily gripping.