Suddenly by Isabelle AutissierMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Thank you to Booklist for the ARC.
Married Parisian couple Louise and Ludovic take a sabbatical from their everyday lives to sail around the tip of Cape Horn. Despite warnings from others, they decide to anchor their ship near an island with a protected nature preserve and sneak in for a closer look. But when the unexpected happens, and the couple’s ship disappears, they are left stranded in the Antarctic. With few supplies in a harsh landscape, Louise and Ludovic must depend on each other to make it off the island. French sailor and writer Autissier’s (Jane Austen, 2020) real-world expertise is evident throughout the book, and the descriptions of the landscape and the trials Ludovic and Louise experience are extraordinarily vivid. The emotional and physical turmoil these characters experience will pull at the reader’s heartstrings. This tragic and thrilling story is recommended for readers who enjoy harrowing tales of people surviving in extraordinary circumstances, such as Robinson Crusoe or Aron Ralston’s Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
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