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The Compound
The Compound
The Compound

The Compound

The Compound
The Compound
By:
Aisling Rawle
  • Spice Scale
  • Number of books

    1 Published

  • KU

    ❌

  • Audiobook

    ✅

  • Series Status

    Complete

  • Interconnected

    N/A

  • Overall Rating

    Coming Soon

** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **

'Lord of the Flies meets Love Island - dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted' LOUISE O'NEILL

'So gripping and propulsive that it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' TORREY PETERS

'THIS is the book to read this summer... 10 out of 10' CECELIA AHERN

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You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, along with nine other women.

All of you are young, all beautiful, all keen to escape the grinding poverty, political unrest and environmental catastrophe of the outside world.

You realise that cameras are tracking your every move, broadcasting to millions of reality TV fans.

Soon, ten men will arrive on foot - if they all survive the journey.

What will you have to do to win?

And what happens to the losers?

The Compound is an addictive literary satire on modern excess: it holds a twisted mirror up to our obsession with winning, losing and, above all, watching.

------------------------------------------------------- READERS ARE GRIPPED

'THE must read hot book of summer 2025!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Ok I seriously loved this. The story is so addictive. There are sudden twists, simmering uneasiness and a wholly fitting ending that has stayed with me since I finished reading it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Deliciously dark, this was a real page turner that I couldn't wait to get back to each night' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'There aren't many books that I would want to read twice, but this is one of them' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'This was sold to me as Love Island meets Big Brother meets Survivor, and oh my gosh it didn't disappoint!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Fans of Black Mirror and The Hunger Games will find The Compound both thought-provoking and disturbingly relevant' ⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A fun beach read, perfect for the summer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'I absolutely inhaled this. What a read. Materialism, wealth, love... Wow. So original and well written' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jamie’s review

Lily is a beautiful, bored, not very likable 20 something FMC who competes in a deeply disturbing reality show with 18 other people. In order to win she has to outlast everyone else and compete in demented communal and personal challenges.

I saw someone summarized by saying "it's Love Island meets Lord of the Flies" 😆

I loved the writing (debut novel!) but I wished it wasn't so slowwwww until the hair raising final chapters. None of the characters were particularly likable besides Sam and Candice.

It was a thought provoking look at consumerism, oppression, and how desensitized we are willing to become in the name of entertainment.

I just didn't connect with Lily like I wanted to but this suspenseful read was hard to put down.

Lily is a beautiful, bored, not very likable 20 something FMC who competes in a deeply disturbing reality show with 18 other people. In order to win she has to outlast everyone else and compete in demented communal and personal challenges.

I saw someone summarized by saying "it's Love Island meets Lord of the Flies" 😆

I loved the writing (debut novel!) but I wished it wasn't so slowwwww until the hair raising final chapters. None of the characters were particularly likable besides Sam and Candice.

It was a thought provoking look at consumerism, oppression, and how desensitized we are willing to become in the name of entertainment.

I just didn't connect with Lily like I wanted to but this suspenseful read was hard to put down.

Erica’s review

Erica hasn’t read this yet, it’s on her never ending TBR

Books in this series

  • Book 1

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    1

    The Compound
    The Compound

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