Review: Simplicity - Valia Lind
Review: Simplicity - Valia Lind - December 2010
Are you a fan of books where the cast of the novel are stranded on an island ? Did you enjoy
Wrecked by Elle Casey or The Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves ? If so, then you may enjoy Simplicity which tells the story of Alexis whose life is looking up and getting better by the minute when she is offered a manager's position of a new branch for her job. The thing though, she has to head over to London and meet the new account she will be handling. During the flight though, tragedy strikes and the plane goes down - no survivors except for Alexis. She finds herself on an island which already has some other stragglers whose plane went down five years ago and they have been living on the island waiting for the day when they will be rescued. On the island, we read as Alexis makes friends with the other occupants including John , Brandon , Gabe and of course the hunky Jake whom she likes ALOT. One thing that didn't bother me as I am a Christian was the fact that I discovered when reading the book that it was heavily christian-like with quite a high number of references to Jesus, Prayer and Religion etc and the book does not pre-warn you. So if you are not keen on the religious side of things , then this really isn't the book for you. However , if you are like me and don't mind it, then you will be in for a Gilligan's Island journey with Simplicity. Another heads up though, in parts this book is not a fast-paced journey and can be quite a slow moving read but in the same time, an interesting read.
Wrecked by Elle Casey or The Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves ? If so, then you may enjoy Simplicity which tells the story of Alexis whose life is looking up and getting better by the minute when she is offered a manager's position of a new branch for her job. The thing though, she has to head over to London and meet the new account she will be handling. During the flight though, tragedy strikes and the plane goes down - no survivors except for Alexis. She finds herself on an island which already has some other stragglers whose plane went down five years ago and they have been living on the island waiting for the day when they will be rescued. On the island, we read as Alexis makes friends with the other occupants including John , Brandon , Gabe and of course the hunky Jake whom she likes ALOT. One thing that didn't bother me as I am a Christian was the fact that I discovered when reading the book that it was heavily christian-like with quite a high number of references to Jesus, Prayer and Religion etc and the book does not pre-warn you. So if you are not keen on the religious side of things , then this really isn't the book for you. However , if you are like me and don't mind it, then you will be in for a Gilligan's Island journey with Simplicity. Another heads up though, in parts this book is not a fast-paced journey and can be quite a slow moving read but in the same time, an interesting read.
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