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The Getaway by Lamar Giles

10 reviews

ess_x's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book. At first, I felt that it was taking too long to get to the action, but I’m glad that I stuck with it. I was left crying by the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Animal death, Body horror, and Death of parent

blackgirlbujos's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: War

Minor: Death of parent, Cannibalism, Animal death, and Racism

shewhoturnsallpages7834's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The first hundred pages were a struggle for me. And Jay’s incredible naïveté irked me but eventually added to the emotional tensions that ran throughout the book, especially after he experiences the darkest parts of the resort and it’s elite.

It is not hard to imagine the sinister plans of the rich and powerful in light of climate change, political divides and racial tensions in the late-stages of capitalism. But the smart use of a vacation resort turned company town riddled with technological fail-safes took this story to another level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism

spookily's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Blood, Dementia, Hate crime, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Classism, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Medical content, Gaslighting, Bullying, Car accident, and Kidnapping

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Grief, War, Animal death, and Child death

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? No

3.0

This YA thriller was trying to do a lot of different things, to varying degrees of success, but overall I had fun. It felt like it fizzled out a bit by the end though. If you like retail horror (eg. Horrorstör) or socially conscious thrillers (eg. When No One Is Watching) you will probably enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Death, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Dementia, Drug use, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cannibalism, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Gore, Police brutality, Car accident, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Medical content, Self harm, Bullying, Grief, Sexual violence, and Vomit

imstephtacular's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Blood, Violence, Body horror, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, War, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Dementia, Drug use, Confinement, Death of parent, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, and Hate crime

Minor: Vomit, Deportation, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a wild ride! The action started at the beginning and didn't stop. There were moments throughout this where I thought "is this actually happening?" It's part mystery, part thriller, part horror, and part dystopia. There are so many teens that I think are going to absolutely eat this up, because it's all of their favorite genres combined into one book.

Just when you think you have everything figured out in this book, Giles introduces a new twist that makes you rethink everything you just read. So far, I think this is my favorite thing I've read by him. It's engaging, fast-paced, and the audiobook is just fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, and Hate crime

Minor: Sexual assault and Gun violence

sfbookgirl's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is honestly one of the scariest book covers I have ever seen so therefore I had to read it. It starts off really spooky with a “utopian” society attached to a theme park (think Disneyland) called Karloff County. While I enjoyed the first half, the second half of the novel gets confusing with so many plot points and characters that went by more than one alias. The main character, Jay, is living his best life working as a janitorial staff on the weekends while receiving free housing for his family and excellent high school education during the week. 

 

It gets weird when Jay and his close group of friends start noticing strange changes around the park like disappearing workers. Then the super-rich starts arriving in hoards with no indication of leaving…The Getaway is a thrilling (at times) dystopian novel that doesn’t bring much new to the table but does offer excellent commentary on racism and classism. And it will definitely make you reconsider ever going to a theme park again. 

 

Content warnings: racism, violence, murder, animal death, hate crime, cannibalism, gun violence 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Racism, Animal death, Hate crime, and Cannibalism

d0505's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Murder, Racism, Violence, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Blood

Moderate: Hate crime and Animal death

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Blood, Death, Grief, Torture, and Murder