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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
the ending was stupid af what the hell. it had an ok plot at first but then it just got progressively more and more stupid. def not one of my favorite reads from her
Abandonado al 37%
Dios mío, no se cómo me podía llamar la atención este libro. Trama pésima, llevada de la peor forma posible, sin sentido alguno y que de verdad no podía aguantar a los personajes. Me ha gustado tan poco que ni siquiera voy a ampliar en mi opinión.
Dios mío, no se cómo me podía llamar la atención este libro. Trama pésima, llevada de la peor forma posible, sin sentido alguno y que de verdad no podía aguantar a los personajes. Me ha gustado tan poco que ni siquiera voy a ampliar en mi opinión.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Not sure of this YA thriller. Feeling conflicted of the ending, wasn’t satisfied with it. It might be the right ending for some people-but not for me. I’ll definitely be trying any other book this author comes out with.
This plot could have worked, but the characters were the downfall.
Piper boasts about her obsession with thriller, suspense, and mystery movies and TV shows. She wants to work in the criminal justice field after college. Her and her best friend Hazel decide to solve the mystery of the missing teens in their town with their zero sleuthing and common sense skills. In the process, Piper gains the attention of the hottest guy in town, Caleb, who is a college boy (or maybe graduate?) when he looks at her in a cafe. Later that evening he appears at the lake (where the high schoolers hang out), catching her off guard and flirting with her. From one ID addict to another, this would raise red flags. She's known this guy for years and he's never given her the time of day. Why all of a sudden is he interested in her now?
So Piper's crush and lack of brain cells allow Caleb and his friend Owen to give her and Hazel a ride home except they're actually the ones abducting teens and locking them in a renovated building in the middle of the woods. Upon meeting four other missing teens, they clarify that Piper and Hazel have been mislead. They're trapped in a fun house with Caleb and his friends randomly torturing their subjects with water, sound, light, temperature, sleep deprivation, and fighting to the death.
The conflicts and twists were predictable, but Piper's impetuous and idiotic decisions were frustrating. The martial artist and ID addict in me kept track of everything wrong they were doing when they had chances to escape (despite the original option of ignoring the random attention of an older guy) and the lack of them wanting to fight. Anything can be used as a weapon. Why didn't they refuse to exit the room whenever they were buzzed over the loudspeaker and then wait for someone to check on them and then throw the TV at them? Or the microwave? Or chairs?
The final pet peeve was the ending. What kind of ending was that? It's like the ARC was left unfinished or cut off in the middle of a scene. It would have been more powerful if Piper had been an unreliable narrator from the start and then ending as she grabbed Evan's hand and smirked, letting the audience know she was on the opposing side all along.
Thanks Edelweiss for the ARC.
Piper boasts about her obsession with thriller, suspense, and mystery movies and TV shows. She wants to work in the criminal justice field after college. Her and her best friend Hazel decide to solve the mystery of the missing teens in their town with their zero sleuthing and common sense skills. In the process, Piper gains the attention of the hottest guy in town, Caleb, who is a college boy (or maybe graduate?) when he looks at her in a cafe. Later that evening he appears at the lake (where the high schoolers hang out), catching her off guard and flirting with her. From one ID addict to another, this would raise red flags. She's known this guy for years and he's never given her the time of day. Why all of a sudden is he interested in her now?
So Piper's crush and lack of brain cells allow Caleb and his friend Owen to give her and Hazel a ride home except they're actually the ones abducting teens and locking them in a renovated building in the middle of the woods. Upon meeting four other missing teens, they clarify that Piper and Hazel have been mislead. They're trapped in a fun house with Caleb and his friends randomly torturing their subjects with water, sound, light, temperature, sleep deprivation, and fighting to the death.
The conflicts and twists were predictable, but Piper's impetuous and idiotic decisions were frustrating. The martial artist and ID addict in me kept track of everything wrong they were doing when they had chances to escape (despite the original option of ignoring the random attention of an older guy) and the lack of them wanting to fight. Anything can be used as a weapon. Why didn't they refuse to exit the room whenever they were buzzed over the loudspeaker and then wait for someone to check on them and then throw the TV at them? Or the microwave? Or chairs?
The final pet peeve was the ending. What kind of ending was that? It's like the ARC was left unfinished or cut off in the middle of a scene. It would have been more powerful if Piper had been an unreliable narrator from the start and then ending as she grabbed Evan's hand and smirked, letting the audience know she was on the opposing side all along.
Thanks Edelweiss for the ARC.
I was send this ebook ARC by Netgally and I would like to thank them! Also I would like to thank the publisher and the author Natasha Preston for allowing me to read this before the publishing date.
First off I’m in love with Natasha Preston books I have been following her from Wattpad and I have all her books. I’ll for sure be buying this one on too. I loved this book Natasha’s writing style is one of my favorites. Her writing style is easy to follow. The plot line was brilliant but it did have a few problems. The characters are not as likable as they taint to be in her other books. The book was good but it’s not one of her best.
First off I’m in love with Natasha Preston books I have been following her from Wattpad and I have all her books. I’ll for sure be buying this one on too. I loved this book Natasha’s writing style is one of my favorites. Her writing style is easy to follow. The plot line was brilliant but it did have a few problems. The characters are not as likable as they taint to be in her other books. The book was good but it’s not one of her best.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
dark
mysterious
sad
tense