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3.0 AVERAGE
3.0 AVERAGE
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent
This book reads like a low budget slasher film with unrelatable characters and unrealistic actions. We spend more than 50% of the book before anything remotely thrilling happens. Perhaps if the characters were interesting in any way it would warrant the extensive background information and introspective writing. Instead, it just feels like needless word vomit.
For such a short book the pacing was way off kilter. We spend so much time trying to build up the development of the two protagonists but they still feel flat and basic. They are almost cliche's, as if they are more the IDEA of teenage girls instead of channeling actual teens. They're annoying and I didn't find myself rooting for them.
The setting had so much potential for a highly atmospheric and chilling read but the writing focused too much on trying to get you in the mind of these poor girls instead of capitalizing on that. The book picked up greatly at the 50% mark, which was too little, too late. There was nothing original about the storyline and I didn't care for the ending.
If this was marketed as a teen thriller instead of, at least from what I saw, an adult horror thriller, then perhaps I wouldn't have had such high expectations. The wording of the synopsis eluded to a more animalistic or even supernatural plotline, but unfortunately this is a thriller that packs all of its thrills in too late. If you are a fan of YA thrillers and like films like the Wrong Turn series this will be right up your alley. If nothing else, I was grateful it was a short read.
For such a short book the pacing was way off kilter. We spend so much time trying to build up the development of the two protagonists but they still feel flat and basic. They are almost cliche's, as if they are more the IDEA of teenage girls instead of channeling actual teens. They're annoying and I didn't find myself rooting for them.
The setting had so much potential for a highly atmospheric and chilling read but the writing focused too much on trying to get you in the mind of these poor girls instead of capitalizing on that. The book picked up greatly at the 50% mark, which was too little, too late. There was nothing original about the storyline and I didn't care for the ending.
If this was marketed as a teen thriller instead of, at least from what I saw, an adult horror thriller, then perhaps I wouldn't have had such high expectations. The wording of the synopsis eluded to a more animalistic or even supernatural plotline, but unfortunately this is a thriller that packs all of its thrills in too late. If you are a fan of YA thrillers and like films like the Wrong Turn series this will be right up your alley. If nothing else, I was grateful it was a short read.
Not a big fan of this book. It started out ok, but steadily got more annoying. It's a shame when both main characters are annoying. They're both supposedly smart girls but are a bit dumb especially for their supposed age. I'm tired of reading the same killers slightly rebranded. Grimey backwoods men that like to kill people for fun is so tired. You know what else is tired? Killers that are killing because they had a shitty mom (and including sex work).
The girl wasn't able to get out of the hole with just one foot (and both hands) but could with a little help with only one hand and foot... then proceeded to walk miles of a trail? Only to meet her friend who STILL wasn't out of the woods getting help. And then she drives home? This book kept getting worse and more ridiculous. I was rolling my eyes by the end.
The narrator wasn't my favorite. The southern accents were not so great.
The dialogue wasn't always the best... maybe it was only the accented parts that felt off.
Lastly, creepy? Scary? Nope. Nope.
The girl wasn't able to get out of the hole with just one foot (and both hands) but could with a little help with only one hand and foot... then proceeded to walk miles of a trail? Only to meet her friend who STILL wasn't out of the woods getting help. And then she drives home? This book kept getting worse and more ridiculous. I was rolling my eyes by the end.
The narrator wasn't my favorite. The southern accents were not so great.
The dialogue wasn't always the best... maybe it was only the accented parts that felt off.
Lastly, creepy? Scary? Nope. Nope.
adventurous
dark
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a quick read, a dramatic scary story about being lost in the woods as a teen girl. It was suspenseful and mysterious, but nobody's motivations really made sense. I almost wish this wasn't a YA novel, I think it would have been a better story if it had been darker.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don’t think the author realizes that traumatic injuries bleed profusely. The majority of the book requires you to suspend disbelief to a very unreasonable point.
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
There came a point in this book where I had to stop and make sure it was a YA book it was getting so graphic and horrific and sure enough it was hahaha I will say the ending made my jaw drop I wasn’t prepared all in all I won’t forget this book anytime soon but it wasn’t my favorite
More effective horror than “There’s Someone Inside Your House” but still on the fence about it.
Claramente una mejora desde el anterior del que recuerdo 0 cosas pero recuerdo lo poco que me gustó pero este... me lo he leído de una sentada. No tiene sentido la mitad de las cosas? Pues si pero buenísimo un beso desde aquí Stephanie Perkins