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adventurous
challenging
dark
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
4.0
This book is a crazy journey. Things just escalate so quickly that we are not able to keep tabs.
I really like books (and movies) with this plot: people that have to undertake challenges to the pleasure of viewers. This book was not a disappointment. It served its purpose. Yes, I do think that these are crazy, stupid teenagers and the challenges are definitely too much, but the book is very entertaining.
Now, for the negative points: yes, the teenagers are crazy and stupid, but they all have (apparently) a valid reason to stay and face whatever is put in their way - I wish that we knew those reasons too; in all those games, all those people that participated, none of them pressed charges? are they all dead? Because that is what we are lead to believe in the beginning of the book, right? Nobody call the police? made a single post online? Weird...
With that being said, I loved the ending... The games are not over!
I really like books (and movies) with this plot: people that have to undertake challenges to the pleasure of viewers. This book was not a disappointment. It served its purpose. Yes, I do think that these are crazy, stupid teenagers and the challenges are definitely too much, but the book is very entertaining.
Now, for the negative points: yes, the teenagers are crazy and stupid, but they all have (apparently) a valid reason to stay and face whatever is put in their way - I wish that we knew those reasons too; in all those games, all those people that participated, none of them pressed charges? are they all dead? Because that is what we are lead to believe in the beginning of the book, right? Nobody call the police? made a single post online? Weird...
With that being said, I loved the ending... The games are not over!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Bullying, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Alcohol
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