The Last One: A Novel
An unputdownable locked-room thriller about family, trust, and survival from the acclaimed author of the “utterly thrilling” (Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author) First Born.
When Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it’s the start of a vacation of a lifetime with her new love, Pete. On their first night they explore the ship, eat, dance, make friends, but when Caz wakes the next morning, Pete is missing.
And when she walks out into the corridor, all the cabin doors are open. To her horror, she soon realizes that the ship is completely empty. No passengers, no crew, nobody but her. The Atlantica is steaming into the mid-Atlantic and Caz is the only person on board. But that’s just the beginning of the terrifying journey she finds herself trapped on in this white-knuckled mystery.
When Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it’s the start of a vacation of a lifetime with her new love, Pete. On their first night they explore the ship, eat, dance, make friends, but when Caz wakes the next morning, Pete is missing.
And when she walks out into the corridor, all the cabin doors are open. To her horror, she soon realizes that the ship is completely empty. No passengers, no crew, nobody but her. The Atlantica is steaming into the mid-Atlantic and Caz is the only person on board. But that’s just the beginning of the terrifying journey she finds herself trapped on in this white-knuckled mystery.
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This book was just okay to me. I felt like it took me forever to get through. I kept loosing interest. Some parts were really good and others just fell flat.
Caz Ripley boards the RMS Atlantica expecting a romantic cruise with her boyfriend, but wakes up to find him and every other passenger gone. Stranded alone in the middle of the ocean, she faces silence, broken technology, and a growing sense of unease. As her search for answers intensifies, she begins to question her memories, her sanity, and the true nature of the voyage. When she uncovers a disturbing truth hidden within the ship, Caz realizes she may not be alone and that escaping will take more than just survival.
After reading an ARC of Adrift, I have become a new fan of Will Dean's work. I saw this book at Barnes and Noble and it was an instant purchase, especially after reading the synopsis...going on a cruise and waking up the next day as the only passenger on board??? That's an absolute nightmare.
I must say, cruise ships are super interesting to me. I went on a cruise once in 2018 and really enjoyed my time, buuuuut there's a lot of missing person cases involving cruise ships (Amy Bradley, a recently popular one), and other dark things that can happen on them so I guess I've been in a dark cruise ship story mood. Lemme tell you—this one was a lot darker than I thought lol (nervously). At first I thought it would be paranormal or maybe all just a dream—I couldn't have ever predicted where this book would go.
It's a great read, I just would have preferred it to be a little less dark and also I couldn't stand one of the characters and her attitude 😅 but I can understand why the character was written that way.
Trigger Warnings: Isolation, gaslighting, suicide, blood, death, confinement, emotional abuse, addiction, psychological distress
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