Isola is a novel based on a real woman, Marguerite de la Rocque, who was marooned on an island as punishment for falling in love with a man her guardian didn't approve of. This book wasn’t what I expected—its heavy emphasis on religion shapes nearly every part of the story. Characters are urged to submit to God and fear retribution for defiance. This reinforces the societal norms of the 1500s, where a woman’s place was strictly controlled: she was not to acknowledge her own
