Savages

The book is a real page turner if you like adverture and suspense. It takes place on an island off the coase of Australia and puts the reader in an environment of contrasting culture, modern day society clashing with jungle savagery. It brings out how modern people can revert to a savage to survive. On the down side (if there is one), I would like to see how the experiences change the lives of the survivors. There are many stories that could be written from the plots and sub-plots to which Shirley Conran exposes the reader. All in all its a book that will appeal to the feminist or the hard core combat reader. Thanks for the chance to express my views.

This book was fantastic. My Dad recommended it when I was on vacation at my folks and forgot to bring a book, am I ever glad! VERY exciting...once you get past the slow beginning, it is nearly impossible to put tthis book down. I would highly recommend it. Would LOVE to see it as a movie, or see a part II so we can see what happens to these brave women as the story continues! Wonderful writing! Well researched. READ IT!

I just finished Savages for the second time. The first time was about ten years ago and my children (now grown) remember me reading exciting parts of the book to them. This time I would have had to read the whole book to them. I work for a company where we are taken on staff trips. I can recognize each chacter in the book and on staff. I love this book and would so enjoy a sequel to it.

It's been sometime since I've read this book but I remember it well. Both my mother who is 72 and myself have read it and I am now recommending it to my cousin in Germany to read. This story revolves around the wives of several businessmen who accompany them on a business trip to a remote location somewhere on an island. I don't remember where. The husbands end up being murdered by a group of terrorists attempting to take over the country and the wives end up trying to survive on this island by themselves. This was wonderful, a real page turner!

If you want to read a book that takes you away from your hum-drum life...read 'Savages' by Shirley Conran. Shirley takes the reader on a riveting ride through the unexpected perils of Paui. Shirley write of grotesque moral acts that make the reader ask the big question 'what would I do if I had to go through what the women in the story went through?...could I kill someone?...could I eat someone?...would I attempt cannablism if I was that desperate?" I must addmit that sometimes I wanted to slap some of her female characters for some of the stupid, 'female' things they did. I wanted them to grow up faster and triumph quicker...but the developement of the characters through trial and error made the story so rich and the ending that much more satisfying. I rate books on how disfunctional I become when I read them. I could not put this book down. I give it my disfunctional two thumbs up. Good reading. Thanks Shirley.