Reviews

Content warnings: murder, drowning, death of a sibling (in the past), death of a friend, hospitalisation of a sibling, terminal illness, bullying, ableism, gaslighting

The premise of this sounded extremely cool - girl gets sucked into a VR game unexpectedly, game turns out to be a murder mystery, participants start actually dying for real. Unfortunately, the main character was utterly unlikeable and the other characters weren't much better. I felt like we didn't really get to know the characters very well and as a result I didn't really care when they started to die.

So yeah. I wanted to love this. But ultimately, this wasn't for me.

abijguest's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

purple676's review

Go to review page

2.0

I was excited about this because games and thrillers go so good together but sadly this one didn’t work for me. What I liked about it was the game and that it was a short book. The ending twist was interesting but not enough to save the whole thing for me.

What I didn’t like:

1. The characters. Everyone was so annoying. Specially Veronica’s pov. I wish the book at least had multiple povs.
2. The tone was extra preachy and I hate preachy books. There is a difference between having something to say and being preachy and yes there is a difference.
3. There is no way a teenager, a Gen Z, would say something like this: “Aaron shrugged. ‘I have a lot of this stuff at home. Hating VR made me hate other modern tech too. Older things feel … safer? I don’t even have a smartphone.”

No. Fucking. Way.

daisyna999's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

alos3478's review

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

liannebaan's review

Go to review page

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

if you like suspense and unexpected changes, this book is for you!

This book is set in a VR world so its a videogame where real life people get trapped and they need to solve a murder to get out of the game.

It will keep you quessing untill the end and the end was not what i expected at all

hollyweatherby's review

Go to review page

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

More...