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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
tense
fast-paced
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, War
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Pedophilia
Update May 2023:
Changing my rating to 1 star when I realized this was written by a white woman and now I have the ick… why was this published?
Also several plot holes:
1. Why did they call that flight attendant Daddy the whole time, and never mention his actual name?
2. There is no way the internet was that good on the flight
3. The big, scary man was sooooo tall and his tallness was referred to 10 times too many
Changing my rating to 1 star when I realized this was written by a white woman and now I have the ick… why was this published?
Also several plot holes:
1. Why did they call that flight attendant Daddy the whole time, and never mention his actual name?
2. There is no way the internet was that good on the flight
3. The big, scary man was sooooo tall and his tallness was referred to 10 times too many
Read for a book club. Okay thriller but a little corny at times.
This was so good!!! I was on the edge of my seat and at one point near the end I caught myself holding my breath. What a roller coaster ride of a book. It will not disappoint!! An absolute incredible debut novel!! Look forward to reading Drowning next.
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was an extremely effective, couldn’t-put-it-down, edge of my seat thriller that anyone who is afraid of airplanes is absolutely forbidden to read. The fact that it was written by a flight attendant adds a lovely element of realism, and the respect and admiration the author has for those who work in the aviation industry is palpable. There have been a lot of plane crashes in the news lately, and yet people still fly every day and feel safe about it. We don’t often think about the fact that we literally blindly put our lives into the hands of the pilots and trust them to deliver us safely to our destinations, but this book definitely thinks about that as it explores the kind of person who becomes a pilot and how that burden and duty can affect and shape them. Elements of this book were extremely reminiscent of the Netflix movie Carry-On, to the point where I looked up whether or not this book was listed as inspiration or source material (it wasn’t). That being said, this is the kind of book that is extremely easy to picture as a movie, and I would not be surprised if this or another book by this author ends up on our screens at some point. This book was tense, entertaining, engaging, and just the right amount of “implausible but in a fun way”.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No