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itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Wow. Dark, painful and intense. A venture into the depravity that lies just under the surface of humanity, and can be drawn out when there's the temptation of getting away with it. Only slight downside is the sheer number of names that are used for repeating characters. Absolutely LOVED this read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Gun violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Abandonment and Vomit
Minor: Suicide, War, Torture, Cannibalism, Drug use, Violence, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Animal death
stayswen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Murder, Violence, Death, and Gun violence
horrorghoul's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
*****SPOILERS*****
About the book: Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts? Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?
Release Date: 10/11/2016
Genre: Horror
Pages: 272
Rating:**
What I Liked:
• Creepy abandoned theme park
• Crazy kids murdering one another
What I Didn't Like:
• I hated Lord of the Flies
• That books/media keep saying teens use Facebook; they don't
• There are a lot of typos in the book
• Felt repetitive
Overall Thoughts: This book started slow for me. I kicked around back and force if I even wanted to continue reading past the first few pages.
I read this book while listening to storm sounds. It really added to the atmosphere.
Book gets pretty boring by the 100th page you've pretty much heard the same story already. It just keeps repeating with different characters, but they're all saying the same things.
Maybe I don't like this book because I hated lord of the Flies. I know this is a retelling of that book with a theme park setting. Honestly, I'd rather reread Lord of the Flies again than try to finish this book. Nothing feels like it happens. Maybe things get different as you go on but I'll never know. Oh well.
Final Thoughts: I dnfed this book on page 127. I just couldn't read anymore. Every new chapter just felt so repetitive; meet a new person, talk about themselves, and what happened to them. It just felt lackluster to me and so boring. Some parts of the book had some omg moments that were pretty gory but for the most part, I was BORED.
About the book: Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts? Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?
Release Date: 10/11/2016
Genre: Horror
Pages: 272
Rating:**
What I Liked:
• Creepy abandoned theme park
• Crazy kids murdering one another
What I Didn't Like:
• I hated Lord of the Flies
• That books/media keep saying teens use Facebook; they don't
• There are a lot of typos in the book
• Felt repetitive
Overall Thoughts: This book started slow for me. I kicked around back and force if I even wanted to continue reading past the first few pages.
I read this book while listening to storm sounds. It really added to the atmosphere.
Book gets pretty boring by the 100th page you've pretty much heard the same story already. It just keeps repeating with different characters, but they're all saying the same things.
Maybe I don't like this book because I hated lord of the Flies. I know this is a retelling of that book with a theme park setting. Honestly, I'd rather reread Lord of the Flies again than try to finish this book. Nothing feels like it happens. Maybe things get different as you go on but I'll never know. Oh well.
Final Thoughts: I dnfed this book on page 127. I just couldn't read anymore. Every new chapter just felt so repetitive; meet a new person, talk about themselves, and what happened to them. It just felt lackluster to me and so boring. Some parts of the book had some omg moments that were pretty gory but for the most part, I was BORED.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide
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