I enjoyed this book. "The Hunger Games" meets "Love Island" is a really fun concept, although I felt it could have used a bit more action. That being said… there was something surprisingly enjoyable about the everyday aspects of the story. Aisling Rawle's character, Sam, is definitely hot. If you're looking for a quick and entertaining read, check out "The Compound". It's a fun dystopian book!

Okay, but seriously, was she getting the villain edit while she was stuck in The Compound? Because I need to know!

𐙚⋆˚✿˖° When a book promises Love Island meets dystopia but delivers soggy cardboard ⭐️⭐️ (and honestly… that's generous) ──★ ˙🧷 ̟ !! Huge thanks to Random House Publishing Group for the e-arc via NetGalley 💌 Okay but… what even was Aisling Rawle's "The Compound" supposed to be? Like, it's marketed as a thriller, but there's nothing remotely thrilling happening. It's labeled dystopian fiction, but the “outside world” is just tossed in with vague mentions of “wars” and “political unrest,” li...

2.75 stars. First half: Addicting, intriguing, insufferable characters (in the best possible way).Second half: Anticlimactic, unsatisfying, insufferable characters (in the worst possible way).The concept behind *The Compound* by Aisling Rawle is super interesting, but I honestly don’t think I gained anything from reading it. The messages about society felt like lessons I'd already learned as an adult. I just don’t think this book was as deep as it was trying to be. If you are looking for interes...

Forgive me, but I should have DNF'd *The Compound* by Aisling Rawle. This is less of a book review and more of an admission that I probably should have put this book down. I wasn't feeling it, and sometimes, you just gotta be honest in your book reviews, right? Maybe it's me, maybe it's the book, but we just didn't click. So, yeah, consider this my 'I tried' review for *The Compound*.

You've gotta swing a little harder if you're going to use a George Orwell quote as your epigraph, Aisling Rawle. I expected more from *The Compound* after that.

brb gonna stare at the wall for a few hours trying to string my thoughts together about Aisling Rawle's *The Compound*. Seriously. I need a minute. Or several.

The Compound is sneakily clever, I reckon. Promising a mashup of Love Island and Lord of the Flies isn't *wrong*, exactly, but it undersells the book. I went in expecting some trashy (but fun!) beach-read thrills and was surprised to find something way deeper.It's set in the near future, in a kinda-dystopian world. I say 'kinda' because we get hints of catastrophes and general misery happening outside, but the whole book takes place on the set of a reality dating show. Ten women, ten men, all co...

Aisling Rawle's *The Compound* is one of those rare books that grabs you by the collar, pulls you in with its glossy premise, and refuses to let go until long after you've turned the final page. On the surface, it's flashy and voyeuristic – twenty contestants trapped in a remote desert compound, filmed 24/7, competing for luxury prizes and basic necessities while the outside world quietly collapses. But beneath the shiny veneer of lipstick rewards and lawn furniture lies something far more chill...

Of course I want to read a life-or-death version of Love Island.This is the perfect book to get ahead on your reading challenge when you really just want to be watching reality TV. An ideal beach read.It slightly heightens the stakes with traces of a dystopian future outside, but it's not too far off from Traitors, which makes it fun. I expected that this would get darker or have some light themes of greed and fame take more precedence, but I'm not mad that it didn't. I enjoyed this book to the ...