The strengths
- so much based on truth
- descriptive writing
- spectacular set pieces: the escape of John Rex on the blow hole, the horror of the cannibal trek, the marooned trio
- gutwrenching small scenes: the suicide of the boys
- some of the characters: sadistic Frere, John Rex the cad, his devoted wife
The weaknesses:
- dodgy plotting
- too many escapes and recaptures
- apart from the marooned sequences and towards the end Dawes doesn't have much life - neither does the girl
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