Birdlane Island
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Birdlane Island
Narrated by:
Kelly Fish
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Narrated by:
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Kelly Fish
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By:
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V.C. Andrews
About this listen
Off the coast of Maine, on an island shaped like a seagull in flight, shrouded by mists off the bay, lives a novelist Jason Lorraine and his teenage daughter Lisa. They live a simple life, largely cut off from the mainland, and Lisa’s weak health poses a frequent concern.
After the sudden and untimely death of Lisa’s mother, Jason becomes even more reclusive and protective. Lisa is forbidden to see Jamie, the charming fisherman’s son who has quickly become her closest confidante in her grief. The star-crossed lovers steal time with one another, but fate intervenes, and they may never find a happy ending. A brooding artist from out of town, Kyle, arrives and brings more color to Lisa’s world. As Lisa fights for love, independence, and agency, will her beloved island become her sanctuary or her prison?
The story follows familiar Andrews tropes—an isolated, artistically gifted heroine and complicated family dynamics—but lacks the tension and atmosphere that made earlier books so compelling. The narrative structure is confusing from the outset, jumping from a ten-year-old Lisa in the prologue to her starting kindergarten, then quickly ahead to her teenage years, making it difficult to stay grounded in the timeline.
The central love triangle is particularly problematic, involving an older mentor whose interest in his teenage protégé is treated as largely unremarkable. Combined with repetitive family conflicts and an anticlimactic ending, the story ultimately feels flat. Lisa’s heart condition also has little real impact on the plot, coming across more as an afterthought than a meaningful element of her character.
On a more positive note, Kelly Fish’s narration is engaging overall, though some character voices can be inconsistent and occasionally distracting.
While it’s a bittersweet end to the V.C. Andrews legacy, Birdlane Island feels like a quiet and ultimately underwhelming goodbye.
A quiet and underwhelming finale
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