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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
When I first saw this book I didn't know exactly what to make of it. I thought it was going to be a part of the paranormal genera. I was very wrong. This is realistic fiction. It has some really cute parts and some really frustrating parts.
I love realistic fiction and I was very touched by some of the intense pain the protagonist goes through but it was just mediocre. I've never lived in a small town so it's hard for me to identify with the main character and some of the forced romance in the book made ME gag. I don't know I just don't think I'll ever read it again. I have two book shelves at home. One for the books I will reread for the rest of my life and one for the books I rarely look at and I feel like panic is just that. It's a one and done book with no replay value.
I love realistic fiction and I was very touched by some of the intense pain the protagonist goes through but it was just mediocre. I've never lived in a small town so it's hard for me to identify with the main character and some of the forced romance in the book made ME gag. I don't know I just don't think I'll ever read it again. I have two book shelves at home. One for the books I will reread for the rest of my life and one for the books I rarely look at and I feel like panic is just that. It's a one and done book with no replay value.
Fantastic novel, keeping you gripped at every turn. My only complaint was that the last chapter, though not useless, seemed a bit too happy and out of place. Though loose ends may not have all been tied up, I think it would have been more impactful and fitting if that were to have been cut out entirely.
Ok....I have enjoyed reading Lauren Oliver's past novels, but this one just didn't do it for me. I was excited to read this book, it sounded exciting. But after I finished it I was left with a feeling like 'that was it?!?'. It was predictable and honestly a little boring. There were things I enjoyed about the book, but there were definitely things that I didn't and found a bit annoying and ridiculous. But hey, that's just my opinion.
Ooookay so I'm pretty sure I went into this with the wrong expectations. I'm not really even sure what I was expecting but what Panic ended up being was not what I thought. That being said it was still an ok read. For the people comparing this to Hunger Games, you guys didn't read the same book that I did.
Panic is really more a coming of age, rite of passage type of book. It's gritty and surprisingly real life, a story set in poor town USA with a cast of teens dealing with their own issues. The game of panic is something you would hear about happening in the real world, a group of kids performing dangerous dares for an endgame prize. The pacing at times was slow and for me kind of dry but it still had heart racing excitement and suspense that kept me turning the page.
Overall while I did enjoy parts of Panic, there were still moments where I was easily distracted from the story. Could be that it just wasn't my cup of tea.
Panic is really more a coming of age, rite of passage type of book. It's gritty and surprisingly real life, a story set in poor town USA with a cast of teens dealing with their own issues. The game of panic is something you would hear about happening in the real world, a group of kids performing dangerous dares for an endgame prize. The pacing at times was slow and for me kind of dry but it still had heart racing excitement and suspense that kept me turning the page.
Overall while I did enjoy parts of Panic, there were still moments where I was easily distracted from the story. Could be that it just wasn't my cup of tea.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For readers of Eleanor & Park and Before I Fall.
I admire how PANIC uses actual things that can conceivably happen to create the tension and fear elements. It keeps the pages turning. It's a great conversation starter for a discussion that we should have about the desperation of poverty and how by seeing everyone around us as competition we do close ourselves off from potential connections that we need to survive.
EDIT: Upon thinking about this book more, I have to three star it for reasons similar to why I had issues with Requiem. Not sure if this is an issue with the novel's structure or me as a reader wanting more from it.
I admire how PANIC uses actual things that can conceivably happen to create the tension and fear elements. It keeps the pages turning. It's a great conversation starter for a discussion that we should have about the desperation of poverty and how by seeing everyone around us as competition we do close ourselves off from potential connections that we need to survive.
EDIT: Upon thinking about this book more, I have to three star it for reasons similar to why I had issues with Requiem.
Spoiler
Panic doesn't completely deliver on a promised emotional resolution for Dodge. The ARC reads like a chapter is missing.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Unsurprisingly, didn't get any better reading for a second time 7 years later. But after 7 years, I forgot everything that happened except one major (and predictable) reveal, so I might as well have been reading it for the first time. But I wouldn't have made it all the way through again if I wasn't reading it solely for the sake of Amazon's new adaptation. Was it worth it? ehhh....