Savages

When a group of mining executives bring their wives to an island paradise, vacation is not on their minds. But in their greedy rush to claim the prize, the men fail to take into account a general who takes control of the island and brutally executes all of them. Leaving their wives to fend for themselves in the jungle.

I found myself not whipping through this because I cared about the women, but because I wanted to see how Conran would wrap it up. It’s as realistic as my limited experience of equatorial jungles lets me judge. Some disease and filth thrown in, but not enough to kill the women. Some sex thrown in, but not enough to detract from the story. Some violence thrown in, but not enough to turn the women into men.

The beginning trip into their corporate lives was interesting but not vital. We’ve all seen enough of Dallas and Dynasty to get the picture, but I guess the author of Lace couldn’t resist. I think killing off their guide, and only adult male on this adventure was wise, otherwise it depicts the always insulting premise that a show more woman cannot survive without a man. That would have pissed me off. Of course, to make it believable, he has to be there to guide them in the beginning, otherwise these bimbos wouldn’t have survived their first exposed hours on the beach. show less

When I got to the last 30 - 40 pages I began to skim because I was so deeply concerned what the ending would be. The story was excellent. I was connecting to each character and the fate of each meant something. It ended abruptly. I mean it was 580 pages and could have gone on for at least 20 more but abruptly ended right where it was meant to. After all, I rushed thru 30 pages to get to the end so I was abrupt and impatient!

Good book, would wholeheartedly recommend.

Yet another Shirley Conran blast from the past!

After having read and loved ‘The Revenge’ by Shirley Conran, I was happy to find this book in a second-hand bookshop. Though teenage me was scandalised by the bare-backed lady on the cover (and worried that my dad would find my copy and assume that I am a “gone case”!

In the beginning of the book I had a hard time getting into it. There are 5 main characters who all have spouses and most have children so it was getting to know about all of them. Once they were on the island then things picked up and I really enjoyed the book. I would recommend this book but would suggest to be patient.

Savages is my best book of all, in my personal library at home. I read that book few years ago, borrowing it from the local library and could not put it down, finished it in 1 day...

To my regrest, I had to bring it back to the library and I started there to find it and could not. I got it at a bookmarket for .50Cents and it has a special place on my shelf now.

This is a story of survival, women travelling together to a remote island and getting left behind, because of an overturn of the habitants of this island.

Great story, including maps and very specific descriptions of the surrounding. The emotion and passion of the writer is ever present, behind each line of this wonderful book. A must read!

This book took a bit of getting into, but once they got on the island it was a lot more interesting. Certainly worth the patience.