Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • Stranded

  • By: Sarah Goodwin
  • Narrated by: Esme Sears
  • Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (107 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Stranded cover art

Stranded

By: Sarah Goodwin
Narrated by: Esme Sears
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.00

Buy Now for £13.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Resort cover art
The Thirteenth Girl cover art
The Blackout cover art
The Island House cover art
The Hiker cover art
The Lodge cover art
The Island Between Us cover art
Crime After Crime: The Complete Series cover art
The Dark cover art
The Wedding Guest cover art
The Night of the Sleepover cover art
Small Game cover art
When You Find Me cover art
Hekla’s Children cover art
Escape to Eden cover art
The Lost Colony cover art

Summary

You’ll want to stay. Until you can’t leave....

A group of strangers arrive on a beautiful but remote island, ready for the challenge of a lifetime: to live there for one year, without contact with the outside world.

But 12 months later, on the day when the boat is due to return for them, no one arrives.

Eight people stepped foot on the island. How many will make it off alive?

A totally addictive psychological thriller with twists and turns you just won’t see coming. Fans of The Hunting PartyThe Castaways and The Sanatorium will be totally gripped from the very first moment until the final, breath-taking conclusion. 

©2021 Sarah Goodwin (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

What listeners say about Stranded

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    72
  • 4 Stars
    18
  • 3 Stars
    6
  • 2 Stars
    9
  • 1 Stars
    2
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    71
  • 4 Stars
    15
  • 3 Stars
    7
  • 2 Stars
    6
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    65
  • 4 Stars
    16
  • 3 Stars
    6
  • 2 Stars
    8
  • 1 Stars
    4

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Compulsive listening, fascinating plot + topics

I have been reading some great thrillers lately and looking forward to the evening when I can get immersed again, but this was the one I could not put down and finished in less than 24 hours!

At a time where travel is tricky this quenched my thirst for adventure and the writing was so good I really did feel like I was there on that remote windswept Scottish Island. Normally I prefer a sun, white sands and turquoise beaches for my location thrillers so it is a real sign that this was something really exceptional to capture my imagination so completely.

I loved the selection process in the then and now sections which set up the story so well and the details of every day life at the survivalist camp.
I am a big fan of foraging so I found that a lovely topic to explore further.
I adored the way the story unfolded and the characters developed and interacted ......... and then it all kicked off!

Oh the machinations, the twists the turns the shockers, the wonderful writing which made it all so atmospheric and claustrophobic - it just captivated me and it was a right riveting rollercoaster of a ride. I really did feel I was there.
It is a truly ingenious thriller and I am so sorry I finished it ... and speaking of finishes - what a finale!!!!
So many thriller set up a great premise and peter out leaving you disappointed.
Not Stranded. It reveals all the mysteries one by one, launches a couple of reeling new twists and then crash - bang - wallop a scorcher of an ending!

Fabulous, a really tightly plotted, intelligent, unique thriller.

I would give the story 10 stars - The narration is very easy to listen to bar a couple of mispronounced words like "albeit" but the casting was a very good and it was well read and does not let the story down and overall it was just one of the most addictive and exciting books I have read for a long time.
One small gripe ..... well two really.
All the foraging info seemed so well researched but then came a mention of hibernating rabbits.
Oooh I thought I did not know rabbits hibernated ............ and as far as I can tell from numerous internet searches .. um they don't. Awks!

The other gripe is a bit personal, as though it was not in any way graphic or detailed except for the cooking and eating, I really could have done without the constant munching of bunnies.
Given their lonely and isolated setting I would have thought that at least one of the survivalists would have valued the chance to interact with the wildlife on the island and it would have been lovely to have heard more about it in general. There was a vegetarian among them, so it was possible to survive without hunting. But for any animal lovers please be assured there is nothing to do with animal cruelty or suffering other than making a meal of them.

If you are looking for a fabulous adventure, to escape to a remote island and to get lost in a first class, wonderfully crafted thriller, then this is for you! Highly recommend.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

6 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

wow, what a great listen

enjoyed every single minute of this audible book. I can't think of any thing to criticise! Only one thing....that it came to an end! Can't wait for her next novel, and would make a great film...a hide behind the cushion film. Great narrative. 👍

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Gripping

I would recommend this well narrated story which had me engrossed to the end. Can’t wait to read/listen to more of Sarah Godwin’s books

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

An awesome book

A flat out brilliant book.

It’s interesting enough to keep you fixed to the pages throughout. It’s exciting enough to keep you reading with increasing pace..its thrilling enough to keep you up at night.

Couldn’t ask for more in a book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellence.

Kept me enthralled from beginning to end! No dilly-dallying around with unnecessary 'insights' into the workings of the character's inner-self. Absolutely superb!!


Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

captivating!

Loved it. great plot, the detail is stunning. Narration is excellent (apart from a dodgy Scottish accent in the early part of the book)!

Definitely a must read! could not stop listening to it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Just confusing

This is a no from me.
I’m still puzzled and i finished it last night. It didn’t even start off great, but I plodded on with it, at times listening to chapters twice as I thought I had missed something. The end, I can’t work it out.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not what I expected.

I thought this book started off quite well but as it went on it started to go down hill quick rapidly. It was a difficult story to try and understand. For me, it was just too far fetched to believe.

I got frustrated with the characters as they were just not believable. The more I listened the less interested I got. The plot was just ridiculous and the ending was so disappointing.

The narrator was very good though. That’s really the only positive thing I can say about this book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Stayed with it but overlong……

Interesting concept…..however far too long and drawn out. Also storyline a little far fetched.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Fantastic

I binged listened to this…couldn’t see where it was going in a good way, not predictable at all. At times it’s desperately sad because the author captures loneliness very well. 1 star kissing because I wanted more from the end - 2 fairly major aspects of the plot that I wanted clarifying or exploring more - but that’s being picky…this was such an entertaining listen & before I’d finished, I’d downloaded another novel by Goodwin hoping for more of the same!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!