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sabrina80's review against another edition
3.0
I have mixed feelings on this book. I did enjoy the story but thought that taking over 60% to get to the real action and story of this book was its overall downfall. It had the potential to be far more gripping than it really was. The plot itself was brilliant but somewhat lacking in areas and the action could have been far more descriptive and graphic which would have possibly made up for all the drivel at the beginning. I'm not sure many readers want to stick out all the driving here there and everywhere before this plot thickened and got a tad exciting. It was also very predicatable in ways and I had rightly guessed who the instigator/hirer of the villains was long before it was confirmed. That said it was my first free Kindle book I ever downloaded from Amazon and is part of a trilogy so I will have to download the next one because even though this isn't in my top books ever read I still need closure to this story.
dmnqd_94's review against another edition
3.0
If you enjoy reading thriller's about crazy people who enjoy watching others kill, steal, and other gory stuff, then this book is for you. It was difficult for me to continue to read this book after the first few chapters because it just dragged on about how the main character, Ben Anderson, was confused about what was happening to him. But I forced myself to keep reading on and then it started to get more interesting towards the middle. This was an okay book but I think it could have been better. I don't see myself reading the seqeuls though.
wildflowerz76's review against another edition
4.0
Gym Reading. This was one of my better acquisitions when it comes to the uber cheap/free Kindle books I pick up. It hooks you right in at the beginning and doesn't stop. I'm always reading something on the Kindle at the gym, but I'm also reading something else in regular dead tree edition. I found myself wanting to read this one outside the gym. Still, I don't really find myself wanting to read more. This isn't my usual type of book, but I did still enjoy it.
jeroenz's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
missstarlamae's review against another edition
4.0
I actually liked this book. It felt like a cross between Stephen King's Running Man and a film Michael Douglas was in called The Game. It was disturbing, but not as bad as some horror fiction I've read, or the non-fiction I've been reading about WWII. I thought it was interesting, and it says a lot about popular culture regarding reality TV. How far are the writers/producers/"stars" willing to go? How much are we, the audience, willing to watch? I don't feel that this is any more disturbing than other stories of the same general idea: Running Man, the Hunger Games, movies like Hostel. I like the idea of fighting back against the faceless manipulators, and will probably buy the next book in the series when it is released.
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