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3.19 AVERAGE
3.19 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Very interesting premise and stylistic exercise but ultimately falls into some cliches (the "moral" is not brought on with enough subtlety to truly have an impact - it would have worked better if it wasn't spelled out at the end. Also there is a pretty gratuitous sexual assault scene that personally took me out of the story. There's something so...cowardly and mundane about the act, unlike the "imaginative" cruelty of the rest of the "games".)
After reading up to Chapter 5, the writing and subject matter isn't really my cup of tea
I just wasn’t vibing with this, as a female who lives alone this was not the kind of scared would like to be.
A compelling plot made clunky by pervasive grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. This could be drastically improved by a good editor. Readability suffers as is.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thank you to NetGalley for giving me an ARC to review.
3 stars!
I was really engaged in the story at first with how this is written. It is literally a guide how to do an home invasion and you as the reader are being some what guided on what to do, how to do something, what to say, what to reply with.
The characters within the story aren’t given any names despite victim 1, victim 2, etc and the invaders are simply known as invader 1, invader 2, etc
It’s a disturbing read as you are given a more deeper and in-depth look into the preparation of a home invasion, the planning, the reasoning, which in this case is just because which what’s makes it terrifying.
3 stars!
I was really engaged in the story at first with how this is written. It is literally a guide how to do an home invasion and you as the reader are being some what guided on what to do, how to do something, what to say, what to reply with.
The characters within the story aren’t given any names despite victim 1, victim 2, etc and the invaders are simply known as invader 1, invader 2, etc
It’s a disturbing read as you are given a more deeper and in-depth look into the preparation of a home invasion, the planning, the reasoning, which in this case is just because which what’s makes it terrifying.
Nope . I can’t do this . 😂😂
I stopped because this is not the kind of scared I want to be. To realistic. Nope nope nope.
I stopped because this is not the kind of scared I want to be. To realistic. Nope nope nope.
Anybody Home? offers a fresh take on the home invasion trope: viewing the crime through the lens of the invader(s). There’s a lot to plan, a lot you have to pray goes correctly—home invasion is no walk in the park. You are one of them, the intruders: watching, studying, invading. You are complicit in the crime. While the victim’s names are never revealed, you KNOW them, what they’re all like. The brutality you inflict is slow, planned, sadistic. Turning family members on one another by revealing secrets, inflicting pain, true pain. You’re doing great, the cults are gonna love it. Remember to ensure the performance is top notch. Entertainment is the goal. Protect the performance, get the footage, vanish without a trace.
Anybody Home? is told from a second person point of view, making YOU, the reader, part of the story [
Anybody Home? is told from a second person point of view, making YOU, the reader, part of the story [
DNF pg 77. So bored. Stopping for now. Just can’t connect with the format.