I enjoyed On the Island way more than I thought I would. I wasn't sure if I was going to read it, but I picked it up anyway when the ebook was on sale. Ultimately I love a good stranded on an island story so I decided to give it a try. 
 I know a lot of people may be bothered by the fact that there are fifteen years between TJ and Anna, but it's really not that bad. One - he was eighteen when anything romantic began between them. Two - uh they were alone on a desert island. What did you think was going to happen? (Don't you remember the Blue Lagoon?) 
 I wanted a little more from their time spent on the island. Some of the parts felt a little rushed or just barely gone into. They went through so many things, but very little time was spent on each thing. I would have rather had them tackle less problems, but know more about them. 
 I liked how Garvis Graves used a real life event to impact what happens on their island. I also liked that she didn't forget about "real life" things. I know it's rare for a book to talk about "real life" things (i.e. showering, etc) but in a book that deals with survival I like how she included these situations (awkward as they may be). 
 I had a difficult time identifying with Anna. A small part was her eventual attraction to TJ but mostly I'm just not sure I could have done what she did to survive. I know that in a life or death situation I could probably do things that I didn't think I could do, but I'm just not so sure.vTJ was just such a teenage guy. Even on the island his behavior was so typical. 
 My favorite part of the book was after they got off the island. I can totally see all that reporters gone wild nonsense happening if this was a real situation. I wish there was more about their struggles of getting back to a normal lifestyle, I found that so fascinating.