This book was barely readable. My book club chose it last month from this website. We are 10 women, everyone hated this book. It is difficult to read, it does not have any character development, and it doesn't bring you in at all. You do not get a feel for the characters, the setting, or care what happens. One woman in our group said she hoped they all fell into the ocean about half way through and I couldn't agree more. Some thought when it finally got to the storm it picked up but not for me. It was a tedious, boring, unreadable book. A huge disappointment.