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House of Stairs

William Sleator

3.69 AVERAGE


اول می‌خواستم بگم که کتاب چقدر الگوی کلیشه‌ای داره، بعد دیدم اینو سال هزار و نهصد و هفتاد و چهار نوشته! نویسنده چه ذهن خلاقی داشته
با مفاهیم کتاب عموما توی آثار دیگه‌ی معروف‌تر آشنا شدیم مثلا این مورد که چند نفر رو توی فضایی بسته گیر بندازن که رفتارهاشون رو بررسی کنن منو یاد دونده‌ی هزارتو انداخت. یا مثلا این که بشر چقدر راحت بی‌نظم و وحشی می‌شه شبیه «سالار مگس‌ها»ست... در کل با وجود پایان قابل پیش‌بینیش لذت بردم چون حجم کمی داشت و نمی‌ذاشت تا تموم نکردی کنار بذاریش.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What if William Golding wrote the best Goosebumps book you could imagine? 

Lola is right, by the way. I’m a behavioral psychologist, and it really is all about the intangible reinforcement of prosocial behaviors. It works faster, better, and more reliably than punishment or withholding rewards.

I was interested in reading this novel because it sounded very similar to an adult Sci-Fi movie Cube that I really enjoyed. The premise is similar and I was happy that this book did not disappoint. Although the characters are flat and stereotypical, it allows the reader to place themselves in the situation and rationalize their actions. Disturbing story- it stayed with me for a while.
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark
challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No

It's a twisted experiment where a group of teens are loosed in this maze of stairs. When the group finds a machine that dispenses food when they stick out their tongues, it's a big joke. When it changes it's activation sequence to dispense when punches are thrown...and landed...